Memo 010: Motion to Pivot. Granted.

You Don’t Owe Consistency to a Past Version of You

Opening Statement

Motion to pivot, pause, or pursue something entirely new? Granted.

Let the record reflect: changing your mind isn’t a failure, but rather a mark of growth, clarity, and self-trust. The version of you who made that choice days ago, months or years ago didn’t have the data you have now. And you, counselor, are allowed to approach the bench and amend your strategy at any time.

This week’s Briefing is a reminder that life is not a linear case. It’s a living, breathing docket—and you are both lead counsel and judge. You get to overrule past decisions. You get to revise your plan. You get to pursue new evidence and switch directions entirely, just because it feels right. The goal isn’t consistency. It’s ongoing alignment.

Exhibits

Gloss Docket

Grabbing: Bioelements Sleepwear night cream (going to be 20% off this week for Prime !!)

Listening: No Broke Boys by Disco Lines and Tinashe

Obsessing: New England Summer; hitting a pool party and being in bed by 11pm.

Styling: Gingham everything! (I need this set so badly)

Stepping into: changing direction as frequently as you desire.

Testimony

Let’s talk about sunk cost fallacy. Its the deeply human tendency to stick with something just because we’ve already spent excessive time, money, or energy on it. The job we’re no longer passionate about. The relationship we’ve outgrown. The degree we don’t want to use. The city that doesn’t inspire us anymore. We tell ourselves we have to make it work. That we’ve already come this far. That starting over would be a waste and a failure.

But here’s the real waste: staying stuck in something that no longer fits just because it once did.

I’ve fallen into this trap so many times. Staying in situations that didn’t align anymore because I wanted to honor the effort. I was afraid to seem fickle, impulsive, ungrateful. I didn’t want to disappoint anyone—or worse, admit that I’d changed.

But alignment isn’t something you find once and keep forever. It’s not a finish line, it’s a process. A pulse. A path that winds and reroutes and occasionally calls for a hard left turn.

You are allowed to pivot. Again and again if needed. You don’t owe the past version of yourself a life you no longer want. You don’t have to keep performing in a role that no longer excites you, just because the costume fit once.

The most aligned people I know? The most successful? The most magnetic? They’re not rigid. They’re responsive. They self-correct. They adjust course without shame. Because they trust that honoring their present self is always more important than protecting past decisions.

If something no longer feels right, that is reason enough. The evidence you’ve been waiting for isn’t coming, but it already arrived. It came in the form of discomfort, boredom, resistance, fatigue. And if your gut is asking you to move? That’s the ruling.

This week, identify one area of your life you’ve been clinging to out of obligation—because of how long you’ve been doing it, how much it cost, or how “right” it once felt. Then ask yourself: Would I choose this again, today?

If the answer is no, consider this your permission to course-correct. You’re not flaky, you’re evolving. Drop the guilt. Strike the record. And submit a new claim in alignment with who you are now—not who you used to be.

Then head to Post-Briefing Chambers to share what you're ready to release—and what you're making room for instead.

Closing Argument

You are allowed to pivot. To rewrite. To revise the plan. To realize the thing you once wanted no longer fits and to walk away without needing anyone’s permission. Growth doesn’t always look like grit—sometimes it looks like letting go.

Sustaining a life that no longer aligns isn’t noble. It’s just familiar. But familiarity isn’t the same as fulfillment. You didn’t come this far to keep choosing things just because you’ve already chosen them.

So strike the sunk cost from the record. Reopen the case. And rule in favor of your future.

Because the most powerful move isn’t staying—it’s stepping closer to who you’re meant to be.

Briefing Adjourned.

Xo,

Alyssa, CGO.