Hi, I'm Mike.I believe the most important conversation you'll have this week is the one you have with yourself.Every Sunday, I send Sunday Morning Coffee—one honest story, one reflection, and one question worth carrying into your week. Along the way, we explore emotional honesty, relationships, parenting, personal growth, resilience, and finding the courage to be yourself. Pull up a chair. The coffee's on.
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Coffee ready? I'm drinking mine in Florida this morning. We flew down yesterday, and tomorrow my family and I get on a Disney cruise. Today, we've given ourselves a beach day in Ft. Lauderdale. Life's not so short that you have to hurry. Life is actually long, and you should live as much of it as you can. Here's the part that surprises people: we booked this trip more than two years ago. Two years. Paying deposits on a week that's still two calendars away can feel a little silly. Planning a vacation like it's a project can feel like overkill. But that's exactly what it is. Most of us plan the serious stuff with real intention. The bills. The work deadlines. The dentist, the oil change, the practice schedule. And then we leave the good stuff to chance. The trip happens "someday." The weekend away happens "when things calm down." The fun gets whatever's left over after everything else, and most weeks that's nothing. Think about some of your best memories for a second. A lot of them didn't just happen. Somebody planned them. Somebody booked the campsite, saved up for the tickets, put the date on the fridge and protected it. And here's the bonus nobody mentions: the planning is part of the fun. The countdown, the "how many days now," the looking at pictures of where you're going. Some research even suggests people are often happiest in the stretch before a trip, not just during it. The anticipation is its own good time. Good times aren't the reward for finishing everything else. They're part of what you're building. They deserve the same intention as the rest of it. This week's check-in: put one good thing on the calendar. It doesn't have to be a cruise. A dinner out, a day trip, a Saturday morning with no plans except pancakes. Pick the date. Tell the people involved. Then protect it like an appointment, because it is one. Keep the coffee hot. Next week, mine comes with an ocean view. P.S. — Speaking of building on purpose: The Blueprint comes out a week from tomorrow, Monday, October 26. Chapter 5, "Pour the Foundation," is free right now: mike-kerklin.kit.com/db437b15ea Putting something on the calendar is a start. Making room for it in everyday life is the next part. A word from this week’s sponsor, Shortform: |
Mike Kerklin
Hi, I'm Mike.I believe the most important conversation you'll have this week is the one you have with yourself.Every Sunday, I send Sunday Morning Coffee—one honest story, one reflection, and one question worth carrying into your week. Along the way, we explore emotional honesty, relationships, parenting, personal growth, resilience, and finding the courage to be yourself. Pull up a chair. The coffee's on.
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