I always knew I may die young.
I was born with cystic fibrosis, and I wasn’t supposed to live past 18.
But somehow, I made it to 35.
While most people my age were planning their futures, I was training to die.
In 2019, I entered end life stage cystic fibrosis. My lungs were failing. My world was shrinking.
I was holding grief in one hand and gratitude in the other.
Grief, because I didn’t want to go.
Gratitude, because somehow, I’d gotten all these bonus years of life.
Then, a miracle happened: a breakthrough drug saved my life at the very last moment.
Suddenly, I wasn’t dying anymore. But I had changed.
Urgency didn’t disappear – it became a skill. A way of living. And it’s one I want to share with you.
Because most people wait until everything falls apart before they make a big change:
The job gets unbearable. The relationship ends. The diagnosis hits. Then they act.
But what if you didn’t wait?
What if urgency could be something you practice, instead of something life forces on you?
Here’s the truth:
You don’t need to be in survival mode to shift your priorities.
You just need to stop waiting for permission.
Try this:
Pick one thing you’ve been putting off – because you think you need more time, more clarity, or more courage.
Then take one small, messy step toward it anyway.
Because urgency isn’t about panic.
It’s about living like your time matters.
And it does.