Little steps, Full circles ✨
Beloved reader😌,
As I write this, I’m in my dorm room on a hot summer day, staring outside as the trees sway and wondering how exactly I got here. Maybe I’ll stop wondering soon — but for now, let’s wonder together 😂.
Earlier today I was reading an article by a friend from high school (P.S. always share your art — you never know who it might reach). One phrase she used has stayed with me: “Tell the future to come meet you in the present.”
My takeaway was this: the life you envision — the career, the family, the lifestyle — can only materialize if you start moving as though it’s already yours. Maybe that’s how alignment happens in the long run. Alignment is something I never really understood until I began to see it quietly manifest in my own life.
Let me explain with a football reference 😂. Recently, Eze was announced as an Arsenal player. Arsenal has been his dream club since childhood. In a recent interview he said that every time he played against Arsenal at the Emirates, he treated it like an audition. That thought lingered in my mind. And now, to see him signed as their №10 feels nothing short of full circle, doesn’t it?
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Here’s the point: he knew what he wanted, and he carried himself daily like it was already his. Little by little, that mindset aligned him with his dream and with what the club needed at that very moment. In the same way, when we move like we already have the life we envision, step by step we inch closer to it. Our mindset shifts, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that how we see ourselves is the most powerful tool we have.
Maybe those small, imperfect, even inconsistent steps are what align us with our goals. And before you know it, you’re living the life you once dreamed of — just like Eze. I feel that too: I am living in my dreams, not because I had a flawless plan, but because I kept taking the next step, however shaky, toward what I wanted despite the Nos and unfortunates. 😑
To close this up, my H and I always joke about how we might be living above our means, yet somehow, we never lack. Maybe that’s our way of manifesting and aligning our current selves with our future selves and hence we end up chasing that version of us more? Or we’re just hopeful, slightly delusional humans and the universe tends to reward that 😂🤷🏽♀.
All in all, I believe this: to get where you want to be, you’ve got to start acting like you’re already there. The steps don’t have to be perfect — just aligned and consistent.
Side note: people like Eze, Hamilton, Lupita and Rihanna inspire me so much because your dreams truly can be valid, also black excellence>> okay bye 😂✨
With love, joy, and hope,
🌸 Kat Kinoti 🌸
