Thoughts on Becoming

A few weeks ago, we hit 10k downloads of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering!

Thank you so much to every one of you who has listened to an episode! I know your time is valuable and I appreciate that you’ve spent some of it with me.

Can I share a little secret with you?

I really wrestled with whether to post about this milestone or not, but decided to because I want you to know that:

Things take time to grow.

Your pace is your pace.

Someone else’s success doesn’t threaten yours. Collaboration will help you get where you want to go.

I started my podcast in May of 2020, three years ago.

Can I tell you that I felt defeated when someone who launched her podcast at the same time as me reached this milestone about a year in? I wondered why it was taking me so long.

Just recently I saw another podcaster post about this milestone, and she’s only had her podcast for six months.

I’ve realized that it doesn’t matter the pace that anyone else is going because my pace is my pace. Your pace is your pace.

We’re quick to compare because we regularly see the highlights of others when we don’t see the behind the scenes of what it took them to get there. Social media does provide some with viral growth and instant platforms, but for most of us, it’s slow and steady growth over time.

I have a quote from Angela Duckworth hanging in my office:

“Nobody wants to show you the hours and hours of becoming. They’d rather show the highlight of what they’ve become.”

My heart in sharing this with you is to show you the becoming. To show you that growth takes time.

I also have another sign hanging in my office of Galatians 6:9: “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we don’t give up.”

Friend, don’t give up on your dream or that thing you’re slowly but surely building. There is space for you. The success of someone else doesn’t threaten yours or mean that God has forgotten you. Your pace is your pace. Things take time to grow.