Journal Entry | When It’s Dead, You Create

Written By Coach Vida

What do you do when it’s dead? When it’s slow? When the phone doesn’t ring and the inbox sits there like a quiet room? You create.

You live the life, as close as you possibly can, that you would live if you were independently wealthy, if you had no worries, no deadlines, no one pulling at your time. You live the life you would choose if stress wasn’t steering the wheel.

What do I mean?

I mean this:
This has been the slowest year of my life.
My income dipped, my workload thinned, the pace… collapsed.
As a self-employed person, that can shake you.
It can make you question everything.

But here’s the truth that surprised me:
Professionally, in my day job and in FormaFit, I have never done more.

Never built more. Never produced more. Never created more than this exact season where everything on the outside felt still.

All the years I was trying to carve out time, to write, to plan, to build, felt like nothing compared to what I’ve made during this “slow” year. The slowness didn’t stop me. It gave me room.

2025 scraped my knees. It handed me some hard lessons and some harder days. It tightened my chest and left a knot in my stomach more than once. It made me question myself, my timing, my stamina, my luck. But it didn’t break me.

More importantly: It didn’t silence me. Not once.

I kept showing up.
I kept creating.
I kept building the version of my life that I want to live.
Not the life I’m waiting to live when things are perfect, not when money is flowing, not when everything is stable, but now, in the middle of the uncertainty. And that’s the part I’m proud of.

When it’s dead, you create.
When it’s slow, you grow.
When the world quiets, you listen.
And you keep moving in the direction of the life you’re meant to live. And when opportunity rides your way, you’re ready to jump on the horse without hesitation.
You turn with the wind. You move with the moment.
You stay ready and you stay sharp.

2025 didn’t stop me.

It sharpened me.

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Coach Vida

Coach Vida is the voice behind FormaFit Active a movement journal rooted in mindful motion, real gear, cultural pride, and showing up without apology.
She believes in slow mornings, walking when it hurts, and building strength that feels like freedom.

Her motto: You don’t have to look like an athlete to move like one.

She writes from Los Angeles, with a speaker clipped on and sunscreen always in the bag. This journal is for anyone reclaiming energy, stretch by stretch.

Coach Vida es la voz detrás de FormaFit Active, un diario de movimiento con raíces en el cuerpo, la cultura y la intención.
Cree en moverse con calma, en estirarse cuando duele, y en la fuerza como libertad.

Su lema: No tienes que parecer atleta para moverte como uno.

Escribe desde Los Ángeles, con su bocina a un lado y bloqueador en la mochila.
Este espacio es para quienes se están reclamando, paso a paso.

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