The Smallest Step: Returning to What Matters

At the beginning of the year, I had a clear vision: build an app that could make a difference. The energy was fresh, ideas abundant, and motivation high. Like many purposeful beginnings, it started with clarity and excitement.

Then, life shifted.

By early summer, other priorities demanded my focus — projects that needed closure, commitments that required my full attention. The app was gently placed on pause. Not forgotten, just resting.

Now, as the year nears its end, I find myself revisiting that early dream. But this time, something feels different. The question isn’t “How can I finish it all?” but rather, “What’s the smallest step I can take — this year — to honor that vision?”

That question opens a doorway. It shifts the focus from pressure to presence. From productivity to purpose…and this was leading me to one deeper reflection question “Where, in my leadership, have I allowed silence or comfort to replace direction — and what conversation or action would help me set a clearer destination?”

This is the power of returning — not with urgency, but with awareness.
Sometimes, the smallest step is the most courageous one.

It says: I’m still here. The dream still matters. And I’m walking toward it — one step at a time.