Until then – please don’t stop coming through here and sharing your insight on any and all discussions. There’s always a place for you here!

I was happy to facilitate so many engaging conversations and I’m excited about what other people this series will touch in the future. Here’s to many more exciting conversations to be had in the future!

This series has been a real eye-opener for me and with every post I discover how we are all more alike than different, sharing similar fears and challenges.

This line really hit it home for me: “I fight change every single step of the way. But when I stop resisting, when I open myself up to the possibility … That’s when I soar.”

Awesome! Right on the mark! The moment when we let go, stop resisting, stop draining our energy, that turning point, it really feels like soaring, like a weight lifted, shackles untangled. Wonderful!

Thank you again for sharing this amazing journey with us

You can say “I told you so” on this one, it’s absolutely allowed (and expected!). I think I always knew that a fear of change was somewhat natural — there’s always hesitation with everything that change can possibly bring, for what it could mean. However, I think that’s just it. For so long, I associated change with something negative because that had been my experience. When you turn that around, when you view things as opportunities rather than obstacles, when you embrace rather than resist, that’s when you begin to realize that change can be welcomed because it means there’s a chance for something to be learned, something better.

You’re right on when you say it’s when this happens that we become the greatest version of ourselves. Pretty incredible.

Thank you, Matt, for sharing this part of yourself and for opening the door that allows all of us to connect. I think I always knew that everyone experienced this hesitation or fear on some level, though I never quite realized how deep that level really is. Whether it’s personal experiences or a desire for social change, on a larger scale, change is something that is happening around us everyday, that impacts each and every one of us. I love how you’ve bridged that gap, welcomed perspectives, insight and, most importantly, conversation.

This is truly a remarkable series with so many smart, talented, and insightful writers. I feel so honored to have been able to share a small part of it.

Wishing you all the best.

I think a lot of people reading this, a lot of people involved in this ‘mission’ are in the same situation as you and I. Graduating college, entering into a workforce and job market that is absolutely brutal, wanting to follow our passions but not really knowing how, developing in our relationships, growing about from our friends, becoming independent. It’s scary – it can be downright terrifying. I worry all the time, I second guess and question myself – it’s inevitable, it makes you human.

But, as you said, it’s when we stop resiting and start embracing, fighting through it so we CAN fly, so we can soar, that we become the greatest version of ourselves. It’s the moment that we stop trying and start doing, saying yes instead of maybe, that we’re able to shake off our fears and really become ‘all we can be’.

Thank you for this – we needed a splash of personality and honesty to this series, and you provided just that. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you that everyone reading this would be able to connect their own stories with yours. Much obliged to have you involved in this series!