A Million Little Decisions
Life is made up of millions of little decisions we make each day. Having the skills to find clarity and use your own self-awareness to make decisions that truly fit you - is the greatest skill you can learn if it’s true happiness you’re after.
Over the past 15 years, moving across the country to start my own life in California, navigating career changes, relationships, family dynamics, losing jobs during the pandemic, landing unexpected dream jobs (a few times), traveling the world, working internationally, motivating myself through health kicks that seem to never *quite* get me to my dream weight but sticking with them to build a healthy life and body anyway, navigating dating, breaking my own patterns, ending cycles and beginning new ones, finding the most amazing partner, being introduced to and embracing a whole new culture, building an interfaith relationship, getting connected to my own spirituality, marrying my soul mate and now creating my life in this next phase fulfills dreams that seemed too big at times to admit out loud—I have lived this process we created so many years ago.
It hasn’t been perfect - or without setbacks. But steadily using this process to move through life has been absolutely life changing and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it.
The community of Good Life Designed - filled with so many brilliant people - starting with my cofounders Pernille and Karin - voices you’ll continue to hear from as they reflect on their own journeys through life using this process - is another gift of this process.
Everything that’s gone the way we’d hope or hasn’t - taught us something through this process. The three of us are all of different generations, on different life paths and in different stages but what we know for sure, after applying this process over and over again, is that it works. We continue to come out of any challenge more aligned, grounded and comfortable in even the most chaotic situations.
What a gift it is to have a way to process life that you share with others. A process that creates a language you can use to connect you to the other people in your sphere who are interested in creating the best version of their lives, too. This process is beyond helpful if you use it on your own but absolute magic when you do it in the company of others.
It’s not about making life flawless or easy. As Pernille says, it’s about giving yourself the tools to navigate anything that comes your way with your two feet firmly on the ground.
Good Life Designed isn’t about chasing an idealized life or about achieving perfection.
It’s about building a real, resilient, meaningful life—one tiny decision at a time.
And it’s shockingly practical. Once you learn the process, it becomes the natural way you move through life. Honestly, it’s hard to imagine doing life without it.
Here’s what you can expect from us going forward:
Real, relatable stories
Practical tools to help you design a life that feels good to live
Opportunities to connect through programs, retreats, and workshops
Honest conversations about growth, career transitions, relationships, money, health, and more
A community of people who are choosing to live more aligned, fulfilling lives—and support each other along the way
If you’ve ever felt:
Like you’re “doing all the right things” but still feel off
Like you’re not sure what you actually want
Like you’re repeating old patterns and want to break free
Like you crave real tools (not just motivational quotes) to build a life that feels good from the inside out
Then you’re in the right place.
There is so much that we don’t know - but focusing on what we can control in this phase of life If you’re ready to get to work designing what your life looks and feels like in this next phase, we would love to have you join us.
Wherever you are right now is the perfect place to start.
Thanks for being here. I’m truly excited to share, to learn alongside you, and to help us all create a life (and a world) that’s a little more aligned, empowered, and beautiful.
Happy designing,
SML
Co-Founder, Good Life Designed