Hey,

I couldn’t get the sound of her voice out of my head as I took a walk.

“I guess I need to learn to put my oxygen mask on first.”

Her tiredness was apparent.

And yet I knew she was capable. Generous. Talented.

Something was not adding up.

And then a song came on my playlist, and suddenly… it all clicked.

Before I tell you what the song was, let me tell you the deeper problem I see with the oxygen mask analogy.

You know the one.

Before you help others, make sure you put your own mask on first.

Sage advice—if we’re in a plane tumbling out of the sky.

But that advice is based on a tragic assumption:

That life itself is a crisis to be managed.

Now back to the song that prompted this week’s video—and this email.

It was Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler.

I know. Odd choice. Old song. Rock anthem.

But the lyrics reminded me how long we’ve been trained to wait.

To wait for rescue.

To wait for relief.

To wait for permission to finally breathe.

And yet, for those of us who are Christians, our hero has already come.

And He didn’t promise us survival.

He promised us life.

And life more abundantly.

Life as a crisis to be managed—always gasping for air, always pushing, always barely keeping up—

That is not truth.

That is a distortion we have learned to accept as normal.

We were meant for more than an oxygen mask’s worth of air.

We were meant for clear skies. Strength. Abundance.

And the women who understand this don’t just survive their lives.

They lead differently.

They move differently.

They live differently.

That’s why I made this week’s video.

Because the TimeRich life is not built on crumbs, leftovers, and just-enough.

It’s built on clarity, abundance, and the courage to stop living like survival is the goal.

You can watch it here: