“Fascinating.”
Yes, that’s “fascinating” with a period after it not an exclamation point. I grew up watching shows like Star Trek so to me… the word “fascinating” is supposed to be said curiously with one eyebrow raised like Mr. Spock.
This whole year for me has been “fascinating” <eyebrow raised>. If I have experienced a more self-revelatory year in my life, I no longer remember when. It feels like every week is all about “Who is Radleigh?” “What does Radleigh want?” “What motivates Radleigh to make the decisions he makes?”
Those big questions had me rather freaked out a year ago. But now I’ve done enough work and come to so embrace the experience that every day is just amazing to me. What I have learned just this year alone has not only changed how I make decisions and how I judge (or hopefully don’t judge) myself, but also how I see the world at large. Over the last few weeks, my inherent and natural state of wanting to know the “why” behind everything has shifted to one of patience and allowing life to unfold.
Do I always get that right? No. Of course not. Has my success rate gone up dramatically? Yes, it certainly has. The “scary unknown” is morphing into the optimistic anticipation of “I wonder what the Universe has in store for me next?”
Fascinating.
And maybe that’s why I’ve found myself so fascinated with reversed cards lately. You know—those quirky little tarot cards that show up upside down in a reading, like they’re whispering secrets from the subconscious.
I used to turn them right-side up without a second thought. But not anymore.
Now I see them for what they truly are: invitations. Not interruptions. Nudges from the Universe to look deeper, sit still for a moment longer, and consider a different perspective. Kind of like life, really.
Leaning into reversed cards has become symbolic of how I’m showing up in the world right now—more curious, more open, and more trusting that what looks like a challenge might actually be a blessing turned sideways.
So yes… fascinating.
Every day, in every way—even when the cards flip—I’m learning to listen instead of resist.