You're Allowed to Move When You're Ready 

There’s no formula for this, I know you already know that—but I also know what it’s like to still want one. To just ask, “Can someone please tell me the next right step?”

So here’s something to hold onto:

Going forward doesn’t always start with movement.

Sometimes, it starts with permission.

Permission to not have the answer yet.

Permission to not want to do the thing.

Permission to be in the tension of “I could” and “I don’t know if I want to.”

And then—maybe—the next step gets quiet enough for you to hear it.

Not from shame.

Not from urgency.

But from something deeper—something truer—inside your spirit and your body.

Here’s what I ask myself when I don’t know how to go forward:

1. What feels like life, even if it’s small?

(Not what looks good. Not what seems responsible. What feels like breath in your lungs?)

2. What do I need to feel safe enough to choose something?

(Not perfect, not guaranteed—just safe enough.)

3. If I don’t move yet… what can I notice?

(Sometimes awareness is forward.)

4. What version of me is trying to make the decision?

(The fixer? The controller? The burned-out mom? The child inside who never felt safe?)

5. Have I asked God, or am I trying to solve this before I surrender it?

(He might not give you a 5-step plan—but He will give you the grace for the next breath.)

You don’t have to know the right way.

You just have to know you’re allowed to stop bracing.

You’re allowed to move when you’re ready.

And when you do—it won’t be because you figured it out.

It’ll be because you softened enough to hear where He’s leading you next.

That’s where we begin again.

Julie