Bridging the Gap Between Now and Next

There’s a version of me I dream about often. A future me who is thriving, creating, living with spaciousness and freedom, making a living through art and purpose. She feels real. Tangible, even. I can see her clearly. But right now? I’m not her yet.

And sometimes that gap between where I am and where I want to be feels impossibly wide.

If I were still my earlier self, I think I might have seen those limitations—the current circumstances, the lack of time or energy or knowledge—and let them stop me cold. Why try when the end feels so far away? I could let myself get trapped there and never try to move the needle.

And to be honest, I still wrestle with that feeling.

Especially when I realize: I don’t actually know the steps that will get me from here to there. I just know there’s a dream, a pull, and a whole lot of unknowns in between.

That used to paralyze me. The not-knowing the “how” of it all.

But something has shifted in me over the last couple of years. I’ve been working—actively, intentionally—on learning to trust the process. Some might even call this “surrender”. To let go of needing to figure out every detail before I move. To stop waiting for clarity and instead ask, What’s one step I can take today that feels aligned mind body, and soul?

That kind of trust doesn’t come naturally to me. It’s taken effort. Surrender. Deconditioning, shedding, and Unlearning things like perfectionism, overplanning, and people-pleasing. And I’m still learning.

But something magical happens when I manage to drop into my flow state. One part of the flow state for me is just being. There is no challenge to the choices I make. There is a level of unconscious certainty and I can just do the next right thing. Not overthinking. Not future-tripping. Just showing up. And the funny part is, I rarely recognize that flow in real-time. It’s only after the fact that I look back and go, Oh. That moment—that was alignment.

I don’t yet know how to live in that space consistently. But I know I want to. I’m learning to stay open. To let it be what it is. And to trust that every baby step counts.

So today, I’m not trying to figure it all out. I’m just asking:
What can I do now that feels like a small yes?

That’s enough.

🌼 Have you ever felt stuck between your current reality and your dream life? I’d love to hear how you’ve learned to take aligned steps (even when the path feels foggy). Share your thoughts in the comments or DM me on Instagram @bloomingeverglow.