Last week, I stood on a TEDx stage and gave a talk.
Even writing that feels a little strange.
Because this was one of those dreams that had been sitting in the background of my life for years.
One of those “someday” dreams.
I applied more than once.
Different cities. Different opportunities.
Nothing.
No invitation.
No response.
No explanation.
Just silence.
And for a while, it stayed that way.
Then six months ago, something changed.
I started using Miracle Coding on myself in a much deeper way.
Not specifically for TEDx.
Just for life.
And then a whole series of things started happening that I couldn’t have planned.
People appeared.
Conversations happened.
Connections formed.
Opportunities opened.
One thing led to another and, before I really had time to process it, I was standing backstage waiting for my name to be called.
What’s funny is that getting the opportunity wasn’t actually the hard part.
The hard part was everything I did to myself after I got it.
I put so much pressure on that talk.
I wanted every sentence to be perfect.
I wanted to say exactly the right thing.
I wanted to create the exact impact I imagined.
And somewhere in the middle of preparing, I realized I was making it way harder than it needed to be.
The audience didn’t need perfection.
They needed me.
So that’s what I gave them.
I got up there and spoke about something I care deeply about.
That’s it.
And now it’s done.
A dream that lived in my imagination for years exists in reality.
What I find myself appreciating most isn’t the talk itself.
It’s the version of me who kept applying when nothing was happening.
The version who kept moving without any evidence that it would work.
The version who kept saying yes before there was certainty.
She’s the reason I got there.
And she’s the reason I’m not particularly worried about whatever comes next.
💜 Abi