We've all had experiences we can't quite explain, instances and moments that somehow come to intertwine and create an outcome that changes our lives forever. Yet we don't always share them because they are so unexplainable. Today I'm sharing with you the somewhat magical story of how I met my husband, how a series of events and even grief brought me to a moment of unshakeable knowing, and how tapping into the synchronous moments in your own life can foster a new form of appreciation and expansion.

Synchronicity, Serendipity, and the Wild Path to Meeting My Husband

Welcome to the Mindful Productivity Podcast! This week, I'm thrilled to take you on a journey into one of the most synchronistic and transformative experiences in my life—the story of how I met my husband. You’ll see how a string of seemingly small events lined up in ways I could never have planned, bringing two strangers into each other’s worlds. So, if you’ve ever wondered about those odd, unexplainable moments that feel meant to be, keep reading.

Life’s Unseen Threads

Life is full of strange, synchronistic moments. It might be that one time you decided to linger in a coffee shop and happened to bump into a friend you hadn’t seen in years. Or maybe, like my friend from high school, it’s a split-second decision to turn around and pick up a newspaper, only to look up and see your future partner walk into the same café. The way these small, unrelated events collide can lead to experiences that change our lives.

I want to share one of these moments from my own life—one that taught me to pay attention to those unexplainable sparks. It’s a story of loss, healing, and ultimately, love.

The Unexpected Call to Move Forward

It was 2011, and I was 23. My dad had passed away suddenly, leaving me and my family devastated. Processing grief can be an intensely personal experience, and while I had found ways to manage, it was six months before I felt a sense of normalcy again. I had taken a break from dating and was gradually getting back into a routine.

Around this time, I went to support a close friend who was getting baptized—a major, empowering moment for her. After the ceremony, a family friend I’d never met joined us for breakfast. This woman walked up, looked at me with such knowing compassion, and said, “I’m so sorry about your dad.” It struck me. Her empathy was like a wave of warmth; I couldn’t explain it. Then, she told me something that felt even more surreal: “There’s someone looking for you. A man, and he’s important. Be open to meeting him.”

At that point, I didn’t know what to make of it. The message was kind but bewildering. Yet a part of me felt compelled to listen, almost like some deep-rooted part of me knew there was truth to her words.

The First Message from a Stranger

A few weeks later, still thinking about that encounter, I logged back onto my dating profile. Life had been chaotic since my dad’s passing, and I was on the fence about dating. Still, I decided to read through a few messages, and one man’s words caught my attention. He’d left me a simple but charming note—nothing forced, just a sincere interest in connecting. After a few exchanges, he asked if I’d be open to meeting up.

In an unusually decisive move, I suggested Applebee’s at 5:30. Take it or leave it. He agreed instantly, not even hesitating despite the drive being almost 45 minutes for him. It was as if he was meant to be there.

When I saw him walk in, I felt a pull, like an invisible thread was tying us together in a way that felt familiar, even inevitable. I stood up, instinctively gave him a hug, and we ended up talking for hours—so long that we actually sat through two rounds of happy hour! Each minute felt natural, like I’d found a part of myself I hadn’t known I was missing.

Feeling Seen, Despite the Distance

During our first few dates, there was a moment when he noticed a tattoo on my wrist. It’s my dad’s name, “Lee,” with a small turquoise heart, symbolizing the ocean he loved so much. He empathized deeply; he’d lost his mom to cancer years earlier. It was as though we’d been brought together to help each other heal.

Life had other plans, though. Soon, he found out he was being deployed for nine months. But we both sensed that this relationship was too important to let go, so we committed to making it work. In a way, the time apart allowed us to grow together at a pace we both needed. It was as though life had created the perfect balance of closeness and space for both of us to process our pasts.

Our conversations deepened over those nine months. Each message, each call revealed more layers. It became clear that he wasn’t just anyone—he was the man I’d been waiting for, even before I knew he existed.

Reflecting on Moments of Synchronicity

Four years later, as I reflect on the day we first met, I’m grateful for every piece of this puzzle. I think about the words of that family friend, who saw something I hadn’t yet realized, and every little decision that brought us together. I wonder what it is that connects us all—those of us who pass each other in coffee shops or share a glance in a crowd. Life is full of tiny miracles, unexplainable nudges that feel like messages from somewhere beyond.

Cultivating Gratitude for Life’s Unexpected Moments

So often, we rush from task to task, lost in the routine. But what happens when we pause to notice those inexplicable moments? There’s a certain magic to paying attention to where we are, whom we’re with, and what’s unfolding in each moment. When you reflect on where you are today, consider the small, unexpected things that brought you here. Think about the people who entered your life just when you needed them, and the times you found yourself exactly where you were meant to be.

Life is a blend of choices, chance, and sometimes, perfect synchronicity. And when you’re open to its messages, you might just find yourself in the right place at the right time, ready for the next chapter.

Thank you so much for reading this story and for being part of the Mindful Productivity community! For more resources, reflections, and to tune into the full podcast episode, visit the Mindful Productivity Blog. Let’s celebrate those magical, unexplainable moments that make life truly extraordinary.

You're listening to episode eleven of the Mindful Productivity Podcast. And I'm really excited to share this episode with you guys because it's completely different than anything I've shared here before, and I'm going to be talking about the power of synchronicity and sharing a story of how I met my husband and everything that happened leading up to it, which was pretty wild. So if you're interested in kind of tapping into the power of these synchronous moments that happen in our lives, the unexplainable things that happen that end up being some of the most meaningful experiences we ever have.
And you want to hear the story, one of the most powerful stories of how that really unfolded for me. Then go ahead and keep listening.
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Chances are that something has happened in your life where two things have kind of collided or you've been in a situation or a space where you're normally not there. Maybe you're at a coffee shop that you're normally not in. And in that moment, something happened that maybe it wasn't life changing. But that was strikingly interesting enough to think about on a deeper level or share later in a story. And today I really want to touch on that. I want to touch on these moments where two seemingly unrelated things sync up, line up and the result afterward is something powerfully, amazing or something that Canva change our lives or transform our perspective or our way of thinking.
I had a friend in high school who always would tell me the story of how he was at a random Starbucks, and he was about to leave. And for whatever reason, he wasn't usually a big newspaper guy, but he decided to turn around and pick up this newspaper. And in the 30 extra seconds that he was reading the title of the article on the newspaper, it was just enough time for this woman to walk into Starbucks, who would then be his future girlfriend. Right. And I remember him always saying that it was just crazy, that all it took was 30 extra seconds of being somewhere because otherwise, he would have been out the door and he never would have met her.
I think that these kind of instances really do hold a powerful influence in their lives. And I know a lot of people might say, oh, but you could read too much into anything. And while I agree that can be true, I think there's something really fun about tapping into that energy, tapping into that awareness that some things maybe do happen for a reason. Some things are really unexplainable, and just because they're unexplainable does not mean that they are not valid. So today I wanted to do something a little bit different on the podcast and share my own personal story of synchronicity.
And I get a lot of questions, a lot of requests for people from people for me to tell this story about how I met my husband and not just because I met him and he's amazing. But everything that happened leading up to the moment where I met the man that I knew I was going to marry. So if you're interested in hearing a little bit different of a podcast today, more of a story that's going to inspire you to look around you and reflect back on the moments in your life where these moments of synchronicity really expanded for you and stay tuned.
As I mentioned in the first episode, episode Zero, I guess if you will of the Mindful Mindful Productivity podcast met my husband on a dating site, but what was more interesting than that little nugget was how everything lined up to that. And I'll start a little bit further back. And when at the age of 23, I lost my dad. He had suffered from some heart problems and died in his apartment, and it was a really traumatizing experience. And the hardest part about it was that he had died and we did not know or find out about it until a week later.
You can imagine where your mind will go and how often I would think back to that week where I was living my life. And I had no idea. Ironically enough, a month before my dad died in 2011, I had this really crazy panic attack, startling urge that something was horribly, horribly wrong with my dad so much so that I picked up the phone and repeatedly called both my brother and my mom, begging them to go check on my dad in his apartment. Now I lived at the time I lived in the Seattle area and my family lives on the Peninsula side.
So there's always been a fairy ride between us, or I have to drive all the way around because we live in this community of this amazing Pacific Northwest area where you have to go north to go south and there's all these different bridges and berries. And anyway, it's pretty crazy. So I remember calling them and just begging them to go check on him because it was like that knowing feeling that something was horribly wrong. Hours later, my brother called me back and said he had gotten a hold of my dad and everything was fine.
But I couldn't shake the feeling. I couldn't shake that feeling. It took me days to shake the feeling that everything was okay. And then, Ironically enough, almost to the day a month later was when my dad passed away. So I never know what to make of that, right. I think sometimes we have moments in our life where we are overcome with worry or doubt or fear, and we can chalk it up to anxiety or the fact that our emotions are not always facts. But there was something very different about that intuitive hit, if you will, that feeling that something was horribly wrong.
And to this day, I still think about it. And I haven't quite had another feeling like that. Thank goodness. But I always wonder how true was that. And I went through a lot of things like if I'd done something like we go through these stages of grief. But the fact of the matter is it'll be seven years this may and it is what it is. To put it bluntly, there's nothing to do to change it. And seven years of processing the loss of a parent a lot can change in that time.
But I tell this story, and I'll have to go into more detail about just some stories about my dad. He was a huge figure in my life and a lot of wisdom from him and a lot of nuances to my relationship with him and how he impacted my life. But I bring this story in because it was six months after the loss of my dad that I ended up meeting Kyle, who is now my husband and leading up to my dad's death, I was on a dating site.
I actually joined. I think it was like the first of my friends around this time in 2011 to jump onto both OkCupid and plenty of fish. And I actually loved OkCupid, obviously haven't been on them since. Although I joke with my husband that we should both get on there and see if they match us up again. But I loved that it had all of these reports and almost like research findings behind what people put in their profile and what they're likely to do or not do or what their compatibility with you might be.
I just found that part fascinating. And so I was on these dating sites for about eight months. And you have to know that at this point in time, I was living supporting myself. I was 23, I had my own one bedroom apartment. Life was pretty amazing, and I was pretty proud of myself. And despite going through the grief of losing my dad and going through that entire process, I was doing really, really well. And I remember after losing my dad, I took a break from checking the dating sites.
I didn't delete my profiles, but I definitely didn't have any desire at that point to be on them. And I remember being very angry feeling like, Why are people messaging me when I've lost my dad? Right? You know, all these things that no one could possibly know. But I was really in that head space and about maybe four or five months after the loss of my dad, I decided to kind of just check them out, like, sign back in and see what's going on and lots and lots of I mean, if you guys have ever been on a dating site, you know that it's not fun to weed through all the messages that you can get, and some of them are very scripted and copy and paste it.
And I'm always curious too now because I missed out on the whole Tinder thing and the swiping left and right. And I was actually visiting with a friend last year, and I was like, Can I just look at your Tinder profile and swipe left and right so I can have that experience. It was funny at this point. I decided to kind of get back on there. And it was around this time that I kind of started being a little bit more open to dating. It was also around this time that one of my close friends was kind of getting back into finding herself and finding her roots.
And while I wouldn't consider myself a religious person, my friend was looking into getting baptized for the first time, and she was 23 also at the time 23 24. And I really wanted to support her in this because it was so important to her. And it was really this new awakening and coming of age and really finding herself and taking ownership and agency of her life. And so I went with her and her family and some of our other close friends, and we went on a Sunday to a service, and at the end she was baptized.
And I remember it brought tears to my eyes just to see how happy she felt and how grounded she felt in making this decision for herself. And I really felt like there was no way I could support her more because I knew that this was something that she really wanted for herself, even though it wasn't something I was interested in at all for me. And it was just really beautiful to be able to be there for her. And after the service, we went to breakfast and we went out to a breakfast place, and there was another woman that joined us that was an old family friend of my friend's mom who was there, and I'd never talked to her before.
I had never been mentioned to her. We'd never met. And I remember when she walked in the room, I immediately was drawn to her. I didn't even know that she was going to be joining our table, but she had this presence about her that was very striking. I don't even know how to put it, just someone that you feel connected to at a different level. And she came right up and we made eye contact as she was walking to her table. And she sat right down next to me and she just sits down to me and she goes, oh, I'm friends of your friend's mom.
And she goes, you must be Sarah. She's like, I've heard about you, but I don't know anything about you. And anyway, without really saying much else, she put her hands on my shoulders, complete stranger to me, right? But I was okay with it. And she just looks at me, and she goes, I'm so sorry about your dad. And the way she said it was a way, like it wasn't even the word she said. But it was how she said it and the emotion behind how she said it, the intent behind how she said it that brought instant tears to my eyes, just overflowing tears, almost as if kind of this release, this release of, like something deeper in me, maybe as part of my soul or something.
And I was kind of speechless. And she goes, He's so proud of you. And she started listing off all these things about my dad that there's no way she would have known things that I never shared with a friend, things that I've never posted online. He's proud of this and that. And he really feels at peace now and blah, blah, blah. And when I tell the story, it sounds out there, it sounds crazy. But in that moment, there was no doubt in my mind that she was really speaking a truth and that I really felt I felt it in my chest, the words that she was saying.
And it was a strong connection and a connection to my dad that I had not had in months. And after she said this, I'm kind of speechless. I barely have said two or three words. And she goes, her eyes turn from kind of loving kindness and compassion to this sense of urgency. And she says, you have to listen to me. He's looking for you. And I kind of knew what she was talking about. And she goes, there's a man that's looking for you, and he's very important.
And he's the one that you're supposed to meet. And he's looking for you. And it's of the most importance that you are open to finding him. And there wasn't anything in me that doubted that moment. It's like one of those things, whereas it's happening, you know, it's crazy. And you know that when you're going to tell the story later, it's going to be really out there. But in that moment, it's just a sense of knowing. And she said, there's things coming for you. There's money coming for you, lots of income and wealth.
And you need to have your passport. You need to have your passport. And you need to be open to this man that he's looking for you. And you are the person that he needs in his life. And he is the person that you need in your life. And then we had breakfast, we all had toast and all that kind of stuff and had coffee and had a great time. But I remember just being very shaken up, if you will, for a while, for a couple of days.
And I didn't really tell anyone about this at the time. Thinking back. I believed her with no doubt in my mind. But it was so crazy and wild that there wasn't, you know, nothing had come of it that I just didn't feel the urge to share it. And then two weeks later, two weeks later, on Wednesday, I was at work and my boss called me into his office and let me know that I was getting a raise, and it was pretty substantial. It was the most substantial raise that I had gotten since I'd worked there.
And I remember thinking, wow, this is going to change everything. And it was also at this time that I had been talking back and forth with this guy. And it was around Thanksgiving that we had kind of chatted back and forth on the plenty of Fish Messenger, if you will. I think it was just like, an email inbox kind of thing at the time. I don't know what it is now. And he kept sending me messages, like, being like, just trying to get back to the top of your inbox, like, really sweet.
He stood out to me. It was a very different form of communication than anyone else had shown on this platform. And anyway, it was this Wednesday, and I just got a raise. It was like, three in the afternoon or something. I found this out, and I was like, wow, feeling really in a great mood, feeling really abundant and all that. And I get this message from him, this guy, and he says, I'd love to meet you and I go, you know, what the heck? Like, let's do it.
But I had been on the dating site for about eight months at this point, and I was like, really blunt with him. I was like, all right, well, if we're going to meet, it's got to be at Applebeason. It's got to be at 05:30 p.m.. And that's just how it has to be. Or I'm not going to go. And he just responded back, like, okay, sure, no worries. I'll be there. It ended up being, I think, I don't know, like, a 40, 45 minutes drive for him.
But he did it. And so I'm sitting at this Applebee's, and he walks in and immediately I stand up, like, without even thinking about it. I stand up in my chair. I meant, like, the bar and Applebee's. I stand up in my chair and he walks in and we greet each other. And I just give him a hug, like, the biggest hug. And I've never done that. I went on so many dates. You guys, so many dates, so many stories. At one point, I even started a blog because they were so bad, funny, but horrible experiences.
Anyway, I gave him a hug. It was like I stood up and gave him a hug without even thinking about it. And he was like, oh, wow. That's nice. Thanks. And we ended up talking for 5 hours. We went through two happy hours. It was like, happy hour when we got there. And then the waitress came back again a few hours later, she's like, So it's happy hour again. You guys are still here. Can I get you something? And we talked and talked and talked. And in that moment, it was like, not even 30 seconds after meeting him.
I just felt drawn to him. But then not even three minutes later, I couldn't shake this feeling. I remember there was actually a moment where he was talking, and I was actually not paying attention to him at all. It'll be interesting if he listens to this. But I wasn't even paying attention to him at all. And I just kept thinking, oh, my gosh, why can't I shake this crazy feeling? Like it was this other feeling. I was like, I think I'm going to fall in love with this guy, and I think I'm going to marry him.
And I remember thinking, like, that's so crazy like that's, like a crazy woman thinking about this. But it wasn't from a place of, like, I just have to get married and all that it was from this place of, wow. I think this is my person. And I just knew it. And there was something really just comforting about it. And so we ended up talking for 5 hours. And it was amazing. And we ended up going on a date the next three days after that. And just kind of being inseparable.
And I remember a week it was like a week or ten days or something after dating. He was over in my apartment one night, and we were sitting on the couch and he had found out that he was going to be deployed to Cuba. I also, when I met him, did not know that he was in the military. He told me he was a photographer but didn't tell me that he was a photographer in the military. So that was news to me. And I remember him telling me I'm going to have to deploy to Cuba.
And it was just like, oh, no kind of feeling. And it was like, well, for how long? And at the time, it was like, for six months, it ended up being nine. And I remember just being really quiet and having this sense of just sadness like, oh, well, that sucks. And he looked at me and he said, I know this sounds really crazy. He's like, but I just can't shake this feeling that I'm going to fall in love with you. And then he stopped. And it was so overwhelming.
And I said, no, I've always had that feeling with you since I met you, and we both just kind of sat there and then we're like, okay, well, anyway, moving on. And then it was like, later in those next following days when I was like, oh, my gosh, I remembered. I remembered this woman, and I remembered what she told me. And I remember her saying that this man was going to show up in my life, and it was like, it all clicked. There was no doubt that this was the man for me.
Anyway, he ends up going to Cuba. And at that time, we still weren't sure if we were going to be serious or not. But we ended up deciding to commit to a relationship with him, moving to another country for nine months, which was crazy. All my friends were like, what, you're 20? I think I was 24 by that time. They were like, what? Why on Earth would you do that? What are we going to do when we go out? It was actually a really perfect time for me because I had just lost my dad.
And it was like, I really wanted to commit to a relationship, but I wasn't there emotionally yet to be able to do that. And another thing that had happened during our first date was he had seen my wrist and on my wrist. I have a tattoo of my dad's name. It says Lee, incursive. And there's, like, a turquoise heart. It's kind of like a symbolism of the ocean and the water because we grew up sailing, and my dad was really passionate about boats and boating and all that.
And I actually got this tattoo on a whim not much earlier than I'd met Kyle anyway. And so he saw this tattoo on my wrist during our first date, and he asked, oh, what's that for? And I said, What's for my dad? He passed away six months ago, and he was like, wow, I'm so sorry. And he lost his mum to cancer when he was, I think he was 18 or 19. And so instantly we had this bond between the two of us that we both lost a parent much younger than most people do.
And so we've always had that kind of bond. And it was very amazing looking back, just looking back and seeing how he showed up in my life at the perfect time. And even though the deployment was really tough and not ideal, it was actually the perfect healing time that we both needed. He'd gotten out of a serious relationship and wasn't quite ready to dive in emotionally. And I wasn't ready with the loss of my dad. And so what it really afforded us was this time to be because neither of us wanted to continue dating or anything.
But it really afforded us this time to be committed to each other and to get to know each other really slowly, gradually. But also, we were able to hold space independently from each other, to really work through some of the stuff we were both going through. And it was really perfect. It was really great because I don't know how else we would have moved at that pace. There's something to be said about having distance or communication restrictions between two people. It really opens up a whole different way of getting to know someone.
We would have these conversations on Facebook Messenger for hours at a time about the deepest things about life, about what we wanted, about what we didn't want, about music, about history. I mean, just anything and everything that we might have missed out on otherwise. And then physically being away from someone in the beginning of a relationship was also crazy, right? Because normally you meet someone and there's that phase in the beginning of your relationship where you're just, like, super handsy and super passionate. And we didn't have that.
But there was something really special and amazing about what we did have and how it transformed over time. And so just looking back, it's just crazy that all of this kind of happened. And halfway through his deployment, I was actually able to go visit him. And that was really amazing as well. And since then, we've gotten married and everything. And that's a whole other story, too. I guess I could dive into it another time, but I wanted to touch on just what synchronicity means and these moments in our lives where maybe there's someone that for me, it was very direct when someone came to me and told me this was going to happen.
And then I met this person and it all kind of lined up. And the way things unfolded ended up being for the best and ended up being really healing. But there are also other moments in our lives that are smaller things, like those kind of chilling moments where you have a long drive back home from visiting family or friends and you decide to leave five minutes later than you originally had planned. And in those five minutes, there's an accident on a freeway, and you realize that that could have been you possibly had you not left at the time that you did right there's these moments where we just realized that there's unexplainable things that happen.
Sometimes I even think about that when I'm driving and like a really rural area, like if I'm visiting my mom or something and I'm driving and there's really not that many people out here driving on a given road at the same time. And for whatever reason, I come to a stop sign and there's somebody crossing right in front of me in that very moment. And I think what did it take for us both to be here at this exact same moment at this exact same time?
I think about that sometimes, like, 20 minutes ago, I was getting out of the shower and drying my hair and then doing my makeup. And then I got in the car at the specific time and drove and the distance it took for me to get to the stop sign and what was it like for that other person, and we both ended up there at the same time, and it doesn't really matter what the meaning is behind all these things. It's just really incredible to see how things line up.
And sometimes the power of synchronicity is that we don't always these are not things that we control. These are not things that we plan, but they happen this way. And I think it also can lend us to really powerful ways of practicing gratitude or being joyful, because when we realize kind of these many amazing things that happen, these synchronous moments that occur that aren't really that big of a deal. But if we look at them as something really kind of special or, wow, like that actually happened, then I think it can actually change our perspective on how we live each day.
I was out to dinner with my husband a few weeks ago, and we were having, like, fries and a veggie burger and stuff, and he goes, oh, I really wish we had mustard on our table. And I looked over to the right and the table next to us had mustard, but not ketchup. And we had ketchup, but not mustard. Not a big deal, right. But I was really like, oh, my gosh, how cool. How cool that this table has exactly what we need. And it was like in arms reach.
Right. So just really thinking about all these little moments that aren't that big of a deal, but that can when we focus on them, we can kind of see their power more and more. There's so many other things that have happened in my life that have been really similar. I've had some amazing signs from stuff in my life. I've had experiences that are really unexplainable that I'll have to get into it another time. But I would love to hear from you about synchronous moments that have happened in your life, things that are unexplainable, ways that you met someone or ways that you ended up finding a job in your life or how you ended up getting into the College that you wanted or how you ended up on stage or how you ended up just feeling really happy.
I love hearing about how people get connected with animals that they adopt or how different things show up at different times in their life, right? When they needed them the most. And sometimes there are magical moments that occur that really aid in what we need. In that very moment. There was a photo while back of a woman that was traveling in the airport, and she had, I think it was like a Beagle or something with her. And she set the leash down for a second to tie her shoe or something, and her dog ran off to this man sitting ways away in the airport, and she rushed up to him and she said, oh, I'm so sorry.
I dropped his leash for a moment, and he just took off and the man said, no, this is just what I needed. And he was kind of tearyed. And he shared that he had just lost his dog the night before, and it was almost as if the dog knew that that was just what he needed was some companionship. There's these moments. And I'll say it again that we can't explain, but that are just so beautiful and elegant that you can't help but think, wow, how are these things occurring?
But I'll say, too, that sometimes when we let go of the how and we just focus on the beauty of what it is, we're able to really step into those moments and really hold powerful gratitude for them. At the time of me recording this podcast, my husband and I are just a handful of days away from our four year wedding anniversary, which is really special to me. And I just look back and think about how grateful I am that all of these things lined up in a synchronous way and brought us together.
And when you think about everything in your life so far and everything that is happening good and bad, really relishing and, wow, there are so many things that had to happen for me to be here, even just thinking about the chances that it took for you to even be born are incredible. And in so many ways, we've won the lottery in that way. But to look at the three top things that you're most grateful for in your life and that bring you the most happiness or that you're just so over the moon about, I think we take for granted kind of our daily lives, or we complain about our commute or this or that, and sometimes we forget to think about the things in our life that we really do have that really impact how we feel and our happiness and everything.
And if you think about what those top three things are and think about all the steps I just love for you this week to think about all the steps, everything it took for you to be able to be in the space that you're in. And I'm going to challenge you, too, to not worry about so much like, oh, I'm not where I want to be yet, or I'm not here. But focus on where you actually are and what it has taken for you to be here and the things that you were in control of and the work that you put in, but also those moments of chance, those moments of synchronicity or serendipity where things just happen to line up.
And if you actually make kind of a list of, like a backtrack list of how it came to be, it's actually pretty amazing to look at, and it can be a great way to practice gratitude. Thank you so much for being here and for being a listener of the Mindful Productivity podcast as always you can find more resources on Mindful Productivity Blog blog. Com. And you can always find the show Notes Mindful Productivity Podcast I'll see you next week.