I recently came across a story I hadn’t read in years. The kind that stops you in your tracks and pulls you into reflection. It’s called A Thousand Marbles, and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
The story goes like this: a man once calculated that the average person gets around 1,000 Saturdays in their adult life. So, he went out and bought a thousand marbles and placed them in a jar. Every Saturday, he’d remove one. And as the marbles disappeared, he became more intentional with how he spent each weekend, each moment really.
He watched time pass, not to fear it, but to truly feel the value of it.
It stayed with me. So much so that for my son’s birthday this year, I gave him a jar of 1,000 marbles. Not just as a gift, but as a reminder: Life is now. You get to choose how you spend it. And that choice is your power.
What this story means to me right now
After everything this past year has held, I’ve come to realise just how easy it is to slip into survival mode. To wait for things to “calm” down before we really start living again.
But as we’re all aware, life doesn’t wait.
And we don’t need to be “ready” to start choosing better moments.
That’s what The Bod Reset is for me. It’s not just about health or fitness. It’s a choice to live more intentionally. To show up gently, but consistently. To be in my life. To make the most of my marbles, while I still have them.
A marble isn’t just a Saturday
It’s:
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A slow morning with the kids
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A walk by the ocean with no headphones in
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A meal cooked from scratch, just because
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A hard conversation that leads to healing
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A nap you didn’t feel guilty for
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A moment you actually felt proud of yourself
It’s anything that reconnects you with your life, and who you’re becoming in it.
If you’re rebuilding…
This is your reminder:
You don’t need to do it all.
You don’t need to wait.
You don’t need to chase the next thing or prove yourself to anyone.
But maybe, just maybe, you could start small.
Like one marble at a time.
With love,
Sophie x