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237. A Thousand Funerals

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In this episode, Megan shares a quote she’s been holding onto for months — one she knew would matter before she even knew why.

Inspired by a line quoted in Atomic Habits author James Clear’s newsletter (originally written by Heidi Priebe), Megan reflects on what it really means to grow.

“To love someone long term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be.”

With her 15-year anniversary approaching, she honors her husband for the many "funerals" has has attended as versions of Megan have come and gone — the pivots, the experiments, the identities tried on and released.

But this episode isn’t about relationships. It’s about becoming.

It’s about the pressure you feel when you don’t know your calling yet — and the deeper pressure when you do know it, but you’re ignoring it.

You’ll learn:

  • Why growth requires letting old versions of you go

  • Why a “messy” path doesn’t mean you’re off track

  • The difference between not knowing your calling and avoiding it

  • What it means when your potential feels like pressure

  • Why the tab being open (even if it’s loading) is enough

  • How every detour still contributes to who you’re becoming

  • Why starting small can release massive internal pressure

You are not behind. You are becoming. And becoming requires release.

Here's the full quote that I found in James Clear's newsletter:
"To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be.  The people they're too exhausted to be any longer.  The people they don't recognize inside themselves anymore.  The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into.
We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out; to become speedily found when they are lost.
But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they use to be.  It is our job to travel with them between each version and to honor what emerges along the way."
- Heidi Priebe, This is Me Letting You Go

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