I’m selling my house in Austin.
I bought it in 2018. My first home. The most expensive thing I’ve ever purchased. A space that truly became home. A space of safety, love, memories.
When we first met, it was just a big empty box, unpainted and rough, but I fell in love with the way the light streamed in the windows in the afternoon, with the vaulted ceilings, with how open it felt.
I actually didn’t know the listing price, and it wasn’t on MLS yet, but on a hunch, an intuitive feeling, I pushed my realtor to drive down the street and see the “coming soon” house just as we were wrapping up for the day.
As we walked back to the car after the impromptu viewing, I asked her to find out how much it was because it was going to be my house. It had to be.
Turns out, it was exactly $1k under the top of my budget.
The offer was made and accepted a few days later. One of the easiest things I’ve ever done. But also one of the hardest.
The moment things started to feel real, my fear got LOUD.
It highlighted everything that could possibly go wrong. The bottom drops out of the market (which is now comical, as that was Austin in 2018), I lose my job and can’t pay the mortgage, floods, droughts, fires…you name it, my fear latched on to all off it.
But guess what? I bought it. I moved in. And sure, things were tight for a few months, but eventually I got a raise, PMI dropped, the market increased. Turns out it wasn’t so risky at all.
It’s interesting because in all those scenarios my brain created of what could go wrong, I never stopped to ask what could go right. I mean like, really, really right.
Looking back now, I see it as one of the BEST financial decisions I could have made at that point in my life. And one of the best life decisions I have ever made because it became my happy place.
And while I will miss it dearly, I know the time has come to make the next big move. (More to come).
If you’re waffling on a big decision, if the fear is so loud you’re frozen…take a few minutes to indulge in this: What if it goes right? What if it goes REALLY right?
The fear is also loudest just before we do the big thing. Don’t let it stop you.
These kinds of crossroads are something I work through with leaders all the time. The big decisions. The internal tug-of-war. The moment right before the leap. If you’re stuck on a big decision and want to talk it through, reach out.
