Leaving your neighborhood isn't as far as it seems 🏃🏻♀️
I recently started running. In fact, I’m dictating this while running - so if it reads a little breathless, now you know why 😅.
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?!
𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥.
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.
𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶:
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲.
The journey seems long,
and you might have to cross the walking bridge because a train is usually running, and that's exhausting.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 "𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿" 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲m 💡
Hawthorne has so much more to offer—shops, cafés, 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?
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And for fun - here's me and a teeny tiny frog who hopped away shortly after this photo was taken 🐸
