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The Next Step

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Don't live an aimless life: lessons learned in real time from a young professional seeking contentment through curiosity and clarity.

From Sacrifice to Secrets: The Complexity of Choices

18 Aug 2026

Summer Book Reviews, Week 4

From Farming to Forgiveness: Good Things Take Time

4 Aug 2026

Summer Book Reviews, Week 3

From Pedestals to Peace: Lessons In Humility

21 Jul 2026

Summer Book Reviews, Week 2

From Scientists to Cowboys: Small Choices Matter

7 Jul 2026

Summer Book Reviews, Week 1

Summer Book Series: ISO Guest Reviews

23 Jun 2026

This summer, I'll be sharing some highlights and takeaways from my recent reading list, and I'd love to include some of yours, as well.

Lose Now, Win Later

9 Jun 2026

Making sacrifices in the present for a gain in the future is a pretty universal truth, but sometimes we all need a reminder of how to put it to work in our daily lives.

The Timescale Matters

26 May 2026

Lessons from an Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation seminar on sustainability in agriculture and food systems.

Guest Voices: Just Make A Decision

12 May 2026

How to recognize—and manage—decision fatigue when everyone else is telling you what to do.

Community, Part 3: Doing Something About It

28 Apr 2026

Ideas for making things better, not just lamenting what we wish we had.

Community, Part 2: Why Are We In Shambles?

14 Apr 2026

Learning from the past and being honest with our current state can teach us how to start to put things back together.

Community, Part 1: What's the Big Deal?

31 Mar 2026

Kicking off our series on community with an exploration of what it means and why it's important.

Building Community: A Series

17 Mar 2026

Beginning an exploration on why so many rooms are feeling emptier and emptier.

Guest Voices: A Reflection on Attitude

3 Mar 2026

How a shift in perspective can change the trajectory of our day.

Launching: Guest Voices

17 Feb 2026

A new project at The Next Step, where we’ll hear from new voices, all still focused on clarity and contentment.

Would Your Team Miss You If You Left?

3 Feb 2026

Reflections on what it takes to become the type of teammate we all wish we were.

Maybe You Don’t Need A New Goal

20 Jan 2026

On progressive overload and becoming who you want to be.

What Are We Doing Here, Anyway?

6 Jan 2026

Taking a moment to clarify and re-define The Next Step in this new year.

Joy in 2025

23 Dec 2025

Watch now | Another year of some new, some ordinary, and a lot of next steps.

The Three Phases To Finding Success

9 Dec 2025

No, they're not what you'd expect, and they're not very easy.

The Past is in the Past... Or Is It?

25 Nov 2025

On the value of reflecting on the past.

You Don't Have to be a Professional Everything

11 Nov 2025

Why it's good to do things we're bad at doing sometimes.