Hi friends 🤗

Somehow, it’s already March?

The shiny New Year's energy has faded a bit, but spring is in the air, bringing a sense of freshness, hope, and renewal. If the year hasn’t unfolded exactly how you imagined — you’re not alone, and you’re not behind. There’s no life scoreboard keeping track.

This year, I’m working on allowing more space…

Space to listen before reacting.
Space for plans to shift without guilt.
Space for my body to tell me what it needs.

So, maybe the goal this year isn’t to add more. Maybe it’s to allow space to really live.

And if your “reset” starts in March instead of January? That counts too. 💛

📖 Tabs I Have Open….

👉 Why Burnout Is A Body Problem (Not Just A Mindset One)

This one hits home… and I loved the reframing of burnout as a body problem, not a mindset issue or a signal to reinvent yourself. Sometimes the work isn’t fixing your life — it’s listening to your nervous system. PREACH! 👉 Read here​

💬 For My Fellow Introverts

I bookmarked this because it challenges the idea that being “more social” automatically means being more exhausted. Instead, it explores ways to connect that actually feel energizing and aligned to who you are. So, what does it actually mean to be “more social” without betraying who you are? 👉 Read here​

🧠 The Inner Work Needed for Each Decade of Adulthood

I shared this article with my inner circle… This one made me feel very seen. It’s a thoughtful look at how our emotional work changes as we age — and why what served us in one season might not in the next. (Worth a quick look, promise!)👉 Read here​

🖋️ Trading Addictions….?

Many endurance athletes carry addictive tendencies or past struggles — which can make it easy to become addicted to the drive, the routine, and the outcome of endurance racing. But just because something is labeled “healthy” doesn’t mean we can’t grow dangerously attached to it, perhaps replacing one addiction with another and letting it quietly fill the same emotional void — just in a different form. So we have to ask: When does discipline become dependency? And how do we keep the things that strengthen us from becoming the things that control us?👉 Read here​

☀️ Travel, Friendship & Milestones

In January, we escaped to Cabo San Lucas / Todos Santos. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve felt more aligned investing in experiences and friendships instead of things. And I realized when it comes to true, raw and real friendships....it’s often ‘addition by subtraction’.

Huge cheers to our friend Mey, who organized the most incredible birthday trip to celebrate #45 🥂 — because why wait until 50? Each year can be a milestone if we let it be.

💭 Food for Thought

That quote feels truer to me with each passing year….

The Good Ole Days

They say when you’re living the glory days, you don’t realize you’re in them.

But I did.

Even still, some of the very best seasons slip by faster than we expect. It’s not until the photos resurface or the memories come rushing back that we fully grasp how special those days were — the friendships, the shared miles, the laughter that echoed long after the workouts ended. Yes, I'm talking about Ironman Training...

Yes, they were the good ole days — even if some seasons were hard. They shaped us, defined us — made us better. And most of all, bonded us in a way that can never be broken.

Training and racing with FTC and FRC will always hold a piece of my heart. The connections made during hours on the road - cycling and running - can never be replaced.

Looking back now, I see it wasn’t the podiums that mattered. It was the people. Let me ask you this… who are your people? Could you be living the good ole days right now…?

🌱 Final Thoughts

Recently, sitting at a funeral for some of our dear FTC friends, I was reminded of this quote: "In the end, your entire life is summed up by a single dash."

The dash between the day you were born and the day you die.

That dash holds everything.

May yours be full of energy.

Wild stories.

Crazy adventures.

Deep love.

Unforgettable memories.

And relentless, unapologetic authenticity.

Make your dash count.

XO,
​Jules 😘

👀 P.S.

Yes, I'm still wrapping up edits on my 100-day devotional ... but it's coming soon. Promise! Editing is a much longer process than I anticipated!

Also, we're creating new spring designs (Big Star too!) in our Outdoorsyish Life Etsy Shop ➜ Take a peek!

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