Hello friend,

Mau here

I’m sitting here drinking a cup of coffee (with no coconut oil bc I couldn’t find it — argh) in my friend Sam’s studio.

It’s actually full of my old gear… Sam is a buddy here from Austin. We used to DJ a lot together. I’d definitely consider him one of my best friends (although we haven’t been in touch as much lately).

Regardless, he opened up his place to me and I’m so fucking grateful.

I’m so grateful for how life works… how we are constantly supported.

How even if we don’t know how things will work out…

God is always working behind the scenes.

Pure beauty, man.

Anyways — it’s happening.

It’s really fucking happening…

I just spent the last two days hauling all of my friend ADRIAN’S shit out of the treehouse we were living in.

That’s part of why this decision was so hard…

Because it was REAL.

It wasn’t just me deciding to stay or leave.

If I stayed, I had to find a roommate.

If I left, Adrian (who’s in Barcelona) had to move all of his shit out.

And since I was the one living there, it all came down on me.

Which was… (sorry) a BITCH.

Regardless — some stressful convos, big bins, and movers later… we got it done.

And in that moment… with shit plastered across the living room and movers hauling everything out, I couldn’t help but think…

Holy shit.

This is happening.

Whether I want it to or not.

You literally cannot stop reality from moving forward.

At all.

It’s always moving.

The only thing we have control over…

Is how we move with it.

How we respond.

How we choose — in every single moment — so we can steer our life in the direction we want it to go.

And here’s what I’ve realized…

Every moment comes with a decision.

Sometimes they’re big. Sometimes they’re small.

Yet over time…

These decisions shape the course of your life.

You can’t always control the decisions you’re faced with…

But you CAN control how you make them.

And the most important thing to ask is:

Are you choosing from trust? Or fear?

Take this big one:

→ Leave this incredible treehouse and dive into the literal unknown…

→ OR stay. Find a roommate. Stay safe and comfortable.

Leaving was a choice rooted in trust.

Trust that whatever is waiting in the “unknown” is better than what I currently have.

Staying was rooted in fear.

Fear that life couldn’t get better. That I’d be losing something “great.”

Again — I didn’t choose the decision I was faced with…

But I DID choose how I made it.

And this small decision is about to shape the rest of my life.

Now I’m facing another one:

→ Keep walking the “safe path”…

→ Or go all in on the path of “alignment”…

(I know that’s vague, but I’ll explain more later.)

And when you’re in these moments,

It’s easy to spiral…

“How is that going to work?”

“What if I run out of money?”

“What if I fail?”

“What if I fuck everything up?”

Yet if you keep making decisions from that place…

You might never fully step into what your soul is calling you to do.

OR —

You can choose from a place of trust:

“Whatever happens, I know it’s for my highest good.”

“I don’t need to see how it’ll work out — I just need to keep showing up.”

Because once again —

It’s how you choose in these small (sometimes big) moments that shape the entire course of your life.

So…,

What decisions are you being faced with right now?

And how are you choosing?

Much love,

mau

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