Dear S.M.S. Readers,

This is a very short edition given the Christmas holiday. I’ve been hard at work building a business venture I intend on launching next year. Lots more to come as I move towards development & launch.

I’m not afraid to admit, I’ve been neglecting my writing as of late. As I move into the New Year, I promise to get back to the core tenets of this newsletter and provide you the kind of content you have come to expect.

As we near 2023, I hope you are all excited for some new adventures. It’s been a very strange last 6 months for me personally, but it has motivated me to explore entrepreneurship, start this newsletter and most importantly - begin working towards all the things I’ve always wanted to do for myself: start my own company, be my own boss and live independently. I’ve taken baby steps towards that the past few months. Next year, we are going to pick up the pace.

2023 will be full of lessons on Self-Mastery, discipline and turning ideas into action.

I hope you stay with me on the Path and I can keep sharing some lessons I pick up along the way.

I wish you a very safe and loving holiday. Thank you for letting me send this newsletter every Sunday.

As I think about what next year will bring, and I ponder the inevitabile difficulty it will bring - I am reminded of a quote from my favorite Fantasy epic, the Lord of the Rings:

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

For some reason, this passage always comforts me.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, my friends.

-Tobias