As Mel Robbins says, you’ll never feel ready to change your life. One day, you just get tired of your own excuses and force yourself to do it. When you do, you learn so much about yourself as you chase whatever it is. How bad do you really want it? How far are you willing to go? What sacrifices are you willing to make? This felt like the “I made it moment”. A 2.5 year transition from a decade long tech sales career to a sports reporter. Under the lights, on the field with 70,000+ fans in the stadium, millions more watching at home, covering the Huskers in KC. Suddenly every late night, every doubt, every quiet struggle feels worth it. My own excuses were gone like the wind. I’m living the “get to job” dream I imagined my whole life. And that viral video (250K+ views across all socials) of me tearing up taking it all in, that’s the weight of thousands of unseen hours—work no one saw, struggles no one knew—culminating in this moment. The best part is knowing I didn’t get here...