Let go of the plan. Live on your terms.
- Mary McCorvey
- Aug 28, 2025
- 2 min read
Originally published on Mary McCorvey's Substack.
The Trailer Is Here
Experience Over Expectation — out September 23, 2025
Dear Reader,
We grow up with the plan: the degree, the job, the milestones. You check the boxes, you make it look right…and somewhere along the way, the plan starts holding you back instead of holding you up.
That’s where my new book begins.
Experience Over Expectation is about choosing real life over performative living—truth over performance, detours over deadlines, peace in the middle (even the messy middle). And there’s a twist: I didn’t write it alone.
I invited an AI voice to analyze patterns in my life—approval, timing, the myth of “falling behind,” the tug-of-war between instinct and expectation. Together, we turned those patterns into perspective, so you can hold them up to your own story.
▶️ Watch the 2-minute trailer:(embed/video link here) 🛒 Join the Waitlist Today:
📘 Publication date:September 23, 2025
Why this book, why now
If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to choose differently—or if you’ve been performing a version of yourself to keep the peace—this book is a permission slip. Not to burn down your life, but to return to it.
What you’ll find inside:
Personal stories of reinvention and choosing the unexpected path
Clear, compassionate analysis from the AI voice to illuminate patterns
Gentle prompts to help you rewrite the scripts you didn’t know you were following This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Try This (a 10-minute reset)
Name the Plan: Write down the top 3 expectations (from others or yourself) that shape your choices.
Spot the Pattern: For each, ask: What am I trying to protect or prove?
Choose an Experiment: Pick one tiny action this week that aligns with who you are—not who you’re performing.
Hit reply and tell me the one expectation you’re ready to lay down. I’ll read every note.
With gratitude, Mary
P.S. Joining the waitlist matters more than you think. They help bookstores stock the book and tell algorithms there’s a real audience here. If the message resonates, please share this post with a friend who’s ready to live on their own terms.
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