Finding clarity in uncertainty

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

Sometimes the clarity fades.

Not dramatically. Not all at once.

We’ve all been there, lost our way.

But slowly. A plan that no longer feels alive.

A rhythm that stops making sense.

A sense that you’re “off”, without being able to name why.

If you’re wired for responsibility (and most of us are), the instinct is to fix. To push harder. To get back on track, fast.

But what if there’s nothing to fix?

What if this moment, the doubt, the pause, the quiet, isn’t failure, but recalibration?

I wrote about this on the blog week.

Not as a concept. As a lived, repeating rhythm.

One that shows up in real businesses, real lives, real seasons of transition.

And one that doesn’t mean you’re behind.

You don’t need to earn your way back to the path.

You’re already on it.

Read it here → When Things Don’t Go to Plan

To building your business, your way

Louise

Louise Beattie

Forge & Flourish

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