It’s that time again. The calendar tells us it’s spring. The clock nudges us ahead. The season shifts. The light stays a little longer. The air starts to change. These little moments in March remind us that life keeps moving. Time doesn’t ask your permission. The seasons don’t pause until you feel ready. The year doesn’t slow down because you’re tired.
So, here’s my challenge for you this week: spring forward for your life, not just your schedule.
Earlier this month, we assessed how the year started. We looked at our progress. We asked whether we were on track, ahead, or behind. We recommitted to what matters. We made decisions, and we said, “Okay, we’re not going to drift through this quarter. We’re going to march into action.”
That’s the spirit. Now March is moving and the next season is coming whether we’re ready or not. Which means this is the perfect time for a different kind of conversation. It’s the conversation about making room for growth.
Because spring doesn’t just represent “more,” Spring represents new. New requires space.
That’s why people talk about spring cleaning. It’s not just about closets and garages. It’s about energy. It’s about focus. It’s about getting rid of what no longer serves you so you can have the capacity to build what does.
So, what do you need to clean up right now? In your habits? In your attitude? In your routines? In your environment? What clutter do you need to clean up inside the practice?
Because clutter is sneaky. Clutter doesn’t show up and announce itself. Clutter slowly piles up, one small thing at a time, until it becomes heavy. Clutter becomes the background noise of your life. Clutter becomes the reason you feel tired. Clutter becomes the reason you feel scattered. Clutter becomes the reason you feel like you’re working hard but not moving forward the way you should.
There are seasons of growth and seasons of rest. Seasons of planting and seasons of harvesting. Seasons of expansion and seasons of pruning.
And pruning is not loss. Pruning is strategy. Pruning is what makes growth possible.
Nature does this all the time. The world goes quiet in winter, not because life is gone, but because life is preparing. Roots deepen. Systems strengthen. Energy is stored. Then spring shows up and everything that was happening under the surface starts to emerge.
The best part of the whole deal is this: you can’t control the calendar. You can’t stop time. You can’t change Mother Nature. You’re not going to negotiate with the seasons. But you can control the seasons of your own growth. You can decide whether you live prepared and organized or reactive and chaotic. You can decide whether you’re ahead of what’s coming or always catching up to it.
Everyone goes through similar seasons of life. We all move through stages. We all age. We all have busy seasons and hard seasons and beautiful seasons. That part is common. That part is like the ground outside.
But the beauty of life is that you get to decide what you plant. You get to decide what you nurture. You get to decide what you water and what you starve. You get to decide what you protect and what you allow to grow wild. You get to decide whether your internal world is a garden or a jungle.
So today, I want you to pause and plan and ponder what this spring is going to hold for you. Not in a vague way. In a real way. In a specific way. I want you to think about what you need to prune, what you need to plant, and what you need to protect.
I want you to think about what needs to be cleaned up in your practice as well. Where are we cluttered? Where are we sloppy? Where are we tolerating things that we shouldn’t tolerate? Where do we need to tighten systems? Where do we need to improve communication? Where do we need to raise standards? Where do we need to simplify so we can execute better?
Because a great practice isn’t built by adding a hundred new things. It’s built by doing the right things consistently, and that requires clarity and discipline. Sometimes the fastest path to growth isn’t more. It’s less. Less confusion. Less noise. Less wasted time. Less drama. Less “we’ve always done it this way.”
So make like a farmer this week. Decide what you’re planting in your mind. Decide what you’re planting in your habits. Decide what you’re planting in your leadership. Decide what you’re planting in your relationships. Decide what you’re planting in this practice.
Then do the work to care for it.
Here’s what I want you to do… I want you to write down three things. First, one thing you need to prune: something you’re going to stop doing, stop tolerating, or stop carrying. Second, one thing you need to plant: a new habit, a new standard, a new way of thinking that you’re going to start nurturing this week. And third, one thing you need to protect: something that’s already working, something that’s already healthy, something you’re going to defend and keep strong as the year moves forward.
Write those three things down. Share them with someone on the team. Say them out loud. Then act on them this week.
Because springtime on the outside is wonderful and I hope you enjoy it. I hope you feel the energy of the season. I hope you get outside and breathe and remember that life is bigger than your schedule.
But don’t neglect the springtime on the inside. That’s where the real growth happens.
