A year after a tree crashed through her roof, Gayle Lantz has finally moved back into her fully reconstructed home. But when the restoration crew asked if everything should go back exactly the way it was, she surprised herself by saying no.
That moment sparked a much bigger question: once you have the chance to start over, what do you actually want to rebuild and what’s better left behind?
Gayle shares what she learned from living through a 13-month home reconstruction project, and how the same process that rebuilt her house can guide a more intentional kind of midyear reset: a Midyear Rebuild.
She walks through the questions she’s been asking herself about what to clear away, what to reinforce, and who to rebuild with, and invites you to consider how you’d answer them in your own life and work.
As Gayle puts it, you don’t need a disaster to reinvent yourself: “We are all works in progress and capable of rebuilding or reinventing ourselves whenever we want to.”
This episode covers:
- Why moving back into a “finished” space felt more complicated than expected
- A simple framework for your own midyear rebuild:
- What to clear away
- What to reinforce
- Who to rebuild with
- What to carry forward
- Reflection prompts to help you reset, rebuild, or renew at the midyear point
- A free downloadable Midyear Rebuild Reflection Guide (in the show notes or at workmatters.com/rebuild)
See Before and After…
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