Dear diary & my digital soul SiStars,

The red battery light illuminated my dashboard.🪫

Something I'd never seen on this car before.

I'm driving to pick up my daughter from volleyball camp on Monday when suddenly my dashboard lights up like a Christmas tree. I call my mechanic, and he says those words that made me feel WTF: "Whatever you do, do not turn off the car. Don't stop driving. Bring it directly here."

This was not in my Monday plan.

Old me would have spiraled. Would have let this one thing derail my entire day, my work, my mood, everything. Would have picked up my daughter stressed and frantic, passing that energy right to her. I also would have hated myself for leaking my energy into her orbit (been there before and it's the worst!).

But here's what I did instead:

I gave myself permission to have a little vent session in the car. Just me, driving, letting myself feel frustrated about missing the window of time I had allocated to prepare for a podcast, about the 40-minute drive in the opposite direction, about plans falling apart, dinner being delayed.

I felt it all. The annoyance, the inconvenience, the "why today?" feeling.

By the time I got to volleyball camp, I was clear. I explained what was happening to my daughter (thankfully I had packed a hearty snack because she was starving). Because I was chill about it, she was cool about it.

We dropped off the car, got a Lyft, and something magical happened. My daughter mentioned the car freshener in the Lyft was bothering her. That led to this incredible conversation about hormone disruptors and how unnatural things in our environment can throw us off.

A conversation that probably never would have happened if everything had gone according to plan.

The battery died completely. But we got present time together, an important health conversation, and I stayed whole through the chaos.

Here's what I want you to know (and something I constantly remind myself!):

The next time your washing machine floods, your meeting gets moved last minute, or your kid gets sick the day of your big presentation — you have a choice.

You can let it steal your peace and pass that chaos to everyone around you. Or you can feel the frustration, process it in 90 seconds, and stay true to who you want to be in that moment.

Peace isn't about nothing going wrong. It's about staying true to yourself when everything does.

Reply with your messy moments, it is so helpful for us to be witnessed! What unexpected moment this week could become a gift if you stayed true to yourself through it?

Peace in progress,

💖 KATIE SOL

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