Welcome to The Quiet Rich, your weekly email for a quiet mind and a rich life. Today we’re talking about the energy for February: trust your timing.
CONTEXT
It's 11 PM. You're scrolling through someone's engagement post, promotion announcement, or vacation photos from Bali. And that familiar feeling creeps in—the one that whispers you're falling behind.
I’m here to tell you that you’re not. You're not missing some invisible deadline. You're exactly where you need to be.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately—how we compare our Chapter 2 to someone else's Chapter 10. We scroll through highlight reels and forget that growth takes time. Every person who looks like an "overnight success" spent 10 years grinding to get to that one night. But we don't see those 10 years. We only see that night.
February is about releasing the pressure of a timeline.
Some people get married at 25 and divorced by 29. Some find their life calling at 48 and it's the best thing they've ever built. Some come to a big realization and quit their job at 60. It's all normal.
Stop treating your life like a race. If it were a race, this is definitely not a finish line you want to sprint towards.
THE METHOD
Here's your 3-Step February Reset to trust your timing:
Step 1: Delete Instagram for 7 days
Just 7 days. I promise you'll survive.
When you remove the comparison loop, you'll stop measuring your worth against curated snapshots of other people's lives. You'll realize how much mental energy you've been wasting on scrolling instead of building.
Maybe put a physical copy of a new book on your nightstand. Read a few pages in the morning (to replace the time you used to spend scrolling). Feed your brain healthy things as soon as you wake up.
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Step 2: Keep a "small wins" note
Open your Notes app right now. Title it "Small Wins - February 2026."
Every single day for the next 7 days, jot down one thing you're proud of. The great pitch you sent. The boundary you held. The day you showed up at the gym when you didn't feel like it. The tough conversation you finally had.
At the end of the week, reread the list. You'll be impressed by how much progress you made when you stop looking sideways at other people's timelines.
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Step 3: Use the 10-10-10 rule
When your inner critic shows up (and it inevitably will), ask yourself: Will this matter in 10 days? 10 months? 10 years?
That dinner you burned? Won't matter in 10 days. The project that didn't go perfectly? You won't even remember it in 10 months. The relationship that ended? In 10 years, you'll see it was redirecting you toward something better.
This simple filter will help you distinguish between real setbacks and imaginary ones.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
The best things take time. Your career. Your relationships. Your sense of self.
No one's handing out awards for hitting life milestones the fastest. The only timeline that matters is yours.
So stop apologizing for where you are. Stop explaining why you haven't "figured it out yet." Stop treating your journey like it needs to mirror someone else's.
Trust your timing. Good things are coming. 🫶
All my love,
Jade
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