If you listen to my podcast, Style & Grace, you may be familiar with the story I am about to share. I am going to share it because from the outside it seems like a very ordinary and not-big-deal moment, but to me it was a defining moment. And to be fair and clear, I don't think it was meant to be...Here we go. When I was in high school, I was a cheerleader. I was pretty mediocre. I could do gymnastics so that's what helped me and I was pretty easy to get along with, I think.

So it's January second. My goals, intentions, and resolutions have been (mostly) set. And now I am living in the reality of trying to create change. I think I might have forgot how tough that can be...to move out of my comfort zone and take some ground. This is especially tough since I am trying to move forward and grow in a couple areas. Growth requires consistent effort, generally. Very few goals require one big push. Most of them require slowly, but surely creating movemen