Our relationship with time.

It only took me a year to share my audiobook with the world.

In OVERRIDE! I point out multiple times that so much of life operates on false timelines of when (and how) we think things should happen, and how rarely life actually sticks to those timelines. (See OVERRIDE! Chapter: Our relationship with time, page 89).

The best example of this I can share is that it’s literally taken me one year to share that I recorded my audiobook last July (yes, a year ago!), yet somehow I’m only sharing it now.

We have a choice to either make ourselves feel bad about something we did (or didn’t do), or we can embrace the spirit that it’s never too late, and so many timelines are a construct. (Hehe, look at me overriding old narratives in real time.)

So much of traditional publishing is antiquated and operates under a strange set of unspoken rules. When it comes to putting a book in the world, those rules tend to be around pre-sales to make lists, and bookstores wanting authors within the first 3-6 months after a book comes out.

I’ve always known that I’m here to play the long game with OVERRIDE! These monthly posts become a reminder and pep talk to myself that I’m not interested in doing things the way that everyone else does. What’s more important are the small actions over time.

Rather than burning myself out, I’m interested in a more sustainable lifestyle. I think that overwhelm meter I drew for myself (see OVERRIDE! Chapter: Monitor Your Overwhelm Meter; page 160) has come in handy. I could either put more pressure (and guilt) on myself for not sharing my audiobook until now, or I could accept it as my path and use the energy I do have to actually share it.

While I do appreciate some level of external pressure to make things happen, it was a series of slowwww processes beyond my control that took time getting my book online. I’m actually grateful I didn’t create a full campaign around my audiobook back in October, because I was still waiting for the platforms to approve it (the less transparent side that you have to live through to know is a thing). The benefit to self-publishing is that I don’t have to worry about my book going out of print or the publisher to change their mind. I’ve created multiple channels where it can be found.

I recently put the backstory together to share on Instagram. And while it’s a tale of making an audiobook, it’s also a reminder that many things in life take longer than we want, and that’s OK.

(Upon further reflection, it actually took 3-4x as long as I expected (hoped!) it would take. Oh, wishful thinking…)

OVERRIDE! What if there was another way? A pocket playbook for possibility. is available worldwide wherever books are sold. (Did you know, you can ask your local bookstore to order a copy as well.)

The audiobook is available on Libro.fm (which supports independent bookstores), Audible, Spotify, and wherever you listen to audiobooks.

Have you already read OVERRIDE? I’d be forever grateful if you’d leave a review. (Did you know you can leave a review on Amazon even if you didn’t buy your book there? It’s immensely helpful so others can discover my book, and makes the platform more likely to recommend it to others without paid ads.)

Here’s a reflective prompt to leave you with:
What in your life is taking longer than you’d hoped? What would you need to make peace with that? What if what you really needed to was to trust the timing?