Leaving your neighborhood isn't as far as it seems šŸƒšŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

I recently started running. In fact, I’m dictating this while running - so if it reads a little breathless, now you know why šŸ˜….

One of the things that has shocked me about running is how it changed my understanding of distances.

So I know walking from my house to the end of my street heading south is just under a mile.

Walking north in the other direction takes me to Hawthorne - the hopping street in my quadrant of Portland with the most shops, cafes, restaurants, fun, etc.

This direction FEELS like 3 MILES because it includes:

• Crossing the big four-lane road

• Walking over the train tracks (this often means using the walking bridge because trains run CONSTANTLY)

• Passing through 3 different neighborhoods

GUESS WHAT I LEARNED FROM TRACKING MY DISTANCE NOW THAT I RUN EVERY MORNING?!

š—„š˜‚š—»š—»š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—¼ š˜š—µš—² š—²š—»š—± š—¼š—³ š—ŗš˜† š—»š—²š—¶š—“š—µš—Æš—¼š—æš—µš—¼š—¼š—± š—®š—»š—± š—æš˜‚š—»š—»š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—¼ š—›š—®š˜„š˜š—µš—¼š—æš—»š—² š—¶š˜€ š—®š—¹š—ŗš—¼š˜€š˜ š˜š—µš—² š˜€š—®š—ŗš—² š—±š—¶š˜€š˜š—®š—»š—°š—².

š˜›š˜©š˜Ŗš˜“ š˜©š˜¢š˜„ š˜®š˜¦ š˜Øš˜°š˜£š˜“š˜®š˜¢š˜¤š˜¬š˜¦š˜„.

I walk to Hawthorne multiple times a week, but crossing those busy roads and train tracks makes it feel so much farther away.

In reality, it’s not.

It’s just that the journey is a bit more complicated.

And its totally worth it to get to all the fun stuff on Hawthorne instead of just staying in my neighborhood.

š˜•š˜°š˜ø, š˜ š˜øš˜Ŗš˜­š˜­ š˜“š˜¦š˜Øš˜øš˜¢š˜ŗ š˜µš˜©š˜Ŗš˜“ š˜Øš˜°š˜³š˜Øš˜¦š˜°š˜¶š˜“ š˜®š˜¦š˜µš˜¢š˜±š˜©š˜°š˜³ š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜µš˜° š˜¢š˜Æ š˜Ŗš˜®š˜±š˜°š˜³š˜µš˜¢š˜Æš˜µ š˜£š˜¶š˜“š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜¦š˜“š˜“ š˜­š˜¦š˜“š˜“š˜°š˜Æ š˜§š˜°š˜³ š˜ŗš˜°š˜¶:

š—Ÿš—²š—®š—æš—»š—¶š—»š—“ š—® š—»š—²š˜„ š˜€š˜†š˜€š˜š—²š—ŗ š—¼š—æ š˜š—¼š—¼š—¹ š—°š—®š—» š—³š—²š—²š—¹ š—® š—¹š—¼š˜ š—¹š—¶š—øš—² š—æš˜‚š—»š—»š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—¼ š—›š—®š˜„š˜š—µš—¼š—æš—»š—².

The journey seems long,

and you might have to cross the walking bridge because a train is usually running, and that's exhausting.

š—§š—µš—² š˜š—¶š—ŗš—² š—®š—»š—± š—²š—»š—²š—æš—“š˜† š˜†š—¼š˜‚ š—¶š—»š˜ƒš—²š˜€š˜ š—¶š—» š—¹š—²š—®š—æš—»š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—µš—®š˜ š—»š—²š˜„ š˜š—¼š—¼š—¹ š—¶š˜€ š—®š—Æš—¼š˜‚š˜ š˜š—µš—² š˜€š—®š—ŗš—² š—®š˜€ š˜š—µš—² š—²š—³š—³š—¼š—æš˜ š˜†š—¼š˜‚ā€™š—æš—² š—®š—¹š—æš—²š—®š—±š˜† š˜€š—½š—²š—»š—±š—¶š—»š—“ š—±š—¼š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—µš—¶š—»š—“š˜€ š—¶š—»š—²š—³š—³š—¶š—°š—¶š—²š—»š˜š—¹š˜† š—¶š—» š˜†š—¼š˜‚š—æ š—°š˜‚š—æš—æš—²š—»š˜ "š—³š—®š—ŗš—¶š—¹š—¶š—®š—æ" š˜€š˜†š˜€š˜š—²m šŸ’”

Hawthorne has so much more to offer—shops, cafĆ©s, new experiences—just like a new, well-built system brings efficiency and opportunities to grow your business.

Getting to the next phase in your business is not as far away as it seems.

And that’s what I do—I help clients cross that metaphorical busy street and navigate the unfamiliar tools so they can make the leap into a bigger, better neighborhood for their business.

Feeling stuck in your current neighborhood of systems?

hop on my email list for more insights or hop on a call with me

And for fun - here's me and a teeny tiny frog who hopped away shortly after this photo was taken 🐸

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