Failing the Parking Lot Test

A Gut Check for the Next Chapter

I remember sitting in my car before work. Engine running. Eyes on the building.

I was not late. I was not sick.

I just could not make myself walk in.

That pause told me everything. Something inside had already quit, even though my body still showed up every day.

I forced myself through the doors. But I made a decision that day. I needed something more. Something that was mine. Where I could call the shots.

That moment eventually pushed me to blogging, affiliate marketing, sales by night, then CTRL-ALT-REINVENT. Each step was a move away from the parking lot and toward something I chose. That is the Parking Lot Test.

If you feel dread before walking into a place, logging onto a call, or stepping into a routine, your body is warning you. You are paying too high a price.

The mistake is ignoring it.

We tell ourselves “push through” or “this is just how life works.”

But if you keep failing the Parking Lot Test, years slip away in a story you never picked.

I know because I did it. For too long.

The Parking Lot Test is not about laziness. It is about honesty.

If you keep stalling, it probably means the chapter you are in has already ended.

The real test is whether you will start writing the next one.

Have you ever failed the Parking Lot Test? Reply and tell me what your body was warning you about.

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