First, Mogulmommas, I owe you an apology. Week One of The Ramp is late. Last week, my brother died. Life was truly lifeing. There were conversations to have. Decisions to make. Emotions to process. Family to think about. Work still sitting on my desk. Commitments I had already made. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, I was supposed to keep building toward 2027. But something hit me: This is exactly why I created The Ramp. The Ramp isn't about creating a perfectly organized life where nothing unexpected happens. It's about creating enough ROOM in your life so that when the unexpected happens, you have somewhere to put it. That's why Step 1 is: MAKE ROOM. We have a tendency—especially as women—to schedule ourselves right up to the edge. Every hour is spoken for. Every dollar is committed. Everybody has access to us. We're helping this person, fixing that problem, answering that call, joining that committee, watching somebody's kids, taking on another client, paying for subscriptions we forgot we had, and saying yes because we've become the "do it all for everybody" girl. Then life happens. A breakup. A child needs you. A financial emergency. A death in the family. And suddenly there is no room for grief. No room for rest. No room to think. And certainly no room to build the thing we've been saying we want. 2027 is fast approaching. So this week, I want you to MAKE ROOM. Look at your calendar. What can come off? Look at your obligations. What can you say no to? Look at your bank and credit-card statements. What subscriptions, memberships, and unnecessary expenses can go? Look at the people who have unlimited access to your time. Does everybody really need that access? And please understand this: THIS IS NOT FOREVER. You are creating a season of margin. You are giving yourself the gift of time, money, energy, and emotional capacity to build something new. And if life decides to start lifeing—as it did for me last week—you'll have a little room to live it.