Hey Sammy @Sammy Boyster (and anyone else building out their music list), I promised you a song, and since a few of us are loving music with messages that really land, here's one for the collection. Loved what @Jim Ebbelaar Sage and @Marion Steed created together, so clever, what a brave and beautiful thing to share your gorgeous voice with all of us like that - what a wonderful gift you have. 🎤✨ That reminded me how much lyrics can carry us through the hard bits. This one has been on repeat for me. The words just spoke straight to where I am right now. I'm sharing two versions: 🎵 Miley Cyrus - The Climb: https://open.spotify.com/track/5x5JM1BSB6vollcIzDocqT?si=b2b4289d56d4417d 🎵 Stan Walker - The Climb: https://open.spotify.com/track/24xSzXhbnJPrT5PE6SAtYM?si=bed16a8666704bdf (our home grown taelnt from Aotearoa - NZ - gives me the chills everytime ) This one found me at exactly the right moment. Big health reset, a career pivot that absolutely rocked my ego and identity after extended burnout and the daily climb back to myself. These lyrics just landed: So when I hear these lyrics, they stop being a pop song and start being a map: "There's always gonna be another mountain I'm always gonna wanna make it move Always gonna be an uphill battle Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose Ain't about how fast I get there Ain't about what's waiting on the other side It's the climb." And this bit, for those days when the ADHD brain tells you you'll never get there: "I can almost see it, that dream I'm dreaming But there's a voice inside my head saying You'll never reach it..." The mountain isn't the problem. It's just the terrain. And the hard moments aren't the things to push past - they're the ones we'll remember most.

Just got my ADHD Snapshot and one line stopped me cold: what I've been calling "losing interest" or "getting bored" has actually been a freeze response my whole life. Over 40 jobs. A polo ponies business I gave up on. A journalism dream I was talked out of. I always thought I was the one who couldn't stick with things. Turns out my nervous system was protecting me from being told "no, don't do it like that" one more time.