Why Noticing Is the Real Win
Summer has a way of stretching us—long days, loose routines, and just enough chaos to keep life interesting. Then September rolls in with its back-to-school energy, the return of calendars and schedules, and that little whisper of maybe it’s time to reset.
It’s the perfect season to take stock of the little shifts in your world—the ones that often get overlooked but actually carry a lot of weight.
Noticing = Winning
I’m always asking people about their wins—and I am a HUGE fan of celebrating the big stuff! but i believe that noticing itself is a win.
Noticing you’ve been doom-scrolling for twenty minutes and the only thing you learned is that raccoons can, in fact, open coolers?
👉 WIN.
Noticing that your “one glass of wine” poured suspiciously close to the rim of the glass might actually be… two?
👉 WIN.
Noticing you typed out a fiery email reply, but caught yourself and hit “save as draft” instead of “send”?
👉 WIN.
Noticing when you’re about to say yes out of guilt but catch yourself in time and answer with a solid “nope”?
👉 Double WIN.
Because sometimes the tiniest flicker of awareness is the thing that changes everything.
Why It Matters Right Now
Transitions—like moving from summer into fall (in the northern hemisphere at least 😉)—give us natural checkpoints. They’re built-in opportunities to pause and ask:
What do I want to keep?
What do I want to shift?
What do I need more (or less) of?
You don’t have to overhaul your whole life in one go—real change usually comes from those flickers of awareness.
Compassion First
Here’s the other piece: noticing doesn’t mean judging. It doesn’t mean beating yourself up for the late-night scrolling, the extra glass of wine, or the sharp email draft. It means seeing it, naming it, and deciding what you’d like instead.
That’s compassion. That’s growth. That’s how you start untangling old patterns and weaving in new ones that actually feel like you.
So as the leaves turn and schedules shift, I invite you to notice what’s showing up in your world. The good, the messy, the inconvenient—all of it.
Because the more you notice, the more you can choose. And the more you choose with awareness, the more aligned life feels.
Until next time...
You’re doing great! 🌟
