My body had opinions

Hey love,

I used to travel in flip flops.

Like… fully committed to the look. Airport to airplane to wherever I landed… cute, effortless, “I’ve got this” energy.

Meanwhile, my feet were absolutely suffering.

Every trip, it would take me days to recover. My body felt exhausted before the trip had even really started, and I just kept telling myself it was “worth it” because at least I looked the part.

A couple years ago, after a lot of nudging from my husband, I finally gave in and tried Hoka running shoes.

And I’m not exaggerating when I say… I could not believe I waited that long.

My feet were in heaven. My body was happier. Traveling felt completely different. Easier. Lighter.

And the funniest part… I stopped caring whether I “looked the part” because I actually felt good.

Fast forward to now, and I have multiple pairs… and I recently went on a full-on scavenger hunt to find a color they don’t even make anymore because I love them that much.

And somewhere in all of that, it hit me…

How often are we choosing what looks right… over what actually works for us?

Because it wasn’t really about the shoes.

It was about choosing an image over an experience.

It was about prioritizing how something appeared… instead of how it actually felt in my body.

And I see this everywhere.

Not just in what we wear, but in how we show up.

In the things we don’t choose because we’re worried about how it might look, or what someone else might think, or whether it fits the version of us we’ve been trying to maintain.

Sometimes it shows up in the smallest ways.

You keep thinking about trying the red lip… and then talking yourself out of it.

You have something to say in a meeting… but you rehearse it ten times in your head instead of actually speaking.

You want to book the trip… but you wait until it “makes sense.”

Or maybe there’s something that’s been quietly pulling at you, and you keep brushing it off because it doesn’t match how things are “supposed” to look.

And none of these are big, dramatic life decisions.

But they add up.

Because every time you choose what looks right over what works for you… you move a little further away from yourself.

And every time you choose what actually works for you… even if it’s small… something in your world gets lighter.

More you.
More congruent. More magic.

🌟 Your Add Wonder Tools

Play with this this week:

• Where am I choosing what looks right instead of what actually works for me?
• What have I been putting off because of how it might be perceived?
• If I chose based on how something feels instead of how it looks… what would I choose?
• And what small choice could I make today that would make my life feel just a little bit easier?

Sometimes it’s not about making a huge change.

Sometimes it’s just about choosing what works… and letting that be enough.

And if you needed a sign…

This might be it 💛

With wonder,