Marleen GreenleafFounder & CEO, M. Alexander & Associates, LLC · Empowerment Architect | Fractional COO | Leadership Strategist | Executive Coach | FastTrac Facilitator

Happy Thankful Thursday my good people! #LiveInYourPower

27 Aug 2026 · 2 min

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In this short solo video, the host greets viewers with a cheerful "good morning" and celebrates it being a "wonderful Wednesday." She reports being on day 26 of a personal "30 runs in 30 days" challenge, having just completed a three‑mile run. While using the Nike running app, she experiences a glitch where the app fails to record a mile, forcing her to restart the session. She quickly switches to a backup system—Strava and her phone’s step counter—to ensure her mileage is captured. Using this incident as a metaphor, she urges viewers to always have a "plan B" in life, asking them to consider their own backup plans. The message is framed with an uplifting, faith‑based tone, concluding that having a backup plan (which she equates with God) makes the day wonderful despite setbacks.

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Well, good morning, my good, good people, and happy— it's a wonderful Wednesday. Yeah, wonderful Wednesday. It's Wednesday, we're halfway through. I just finished, um, my little 3 miles. We are on day 26, I believe, of 30 runs in 30 days. And this Nike app tried me this morning. I ran for like over a mile and it didn't record anything. So I had to hit it, start it all over again, and just kept going because I was like, look, you're not gonna mess with my miles. I always have another app running so it keeps tabs. So should in case this Nike app decide that it wants to act up, I got a backup. And in a sense, isn't that how we are? We should— well, how we should be. We should always have a backup plan. You should. You shouldn't just Look at one thing and say, okay, this is it. You should always have, as we say, a plan B. So let's think about that for this wonderful Wednesday. What's your plan B? Do you have one? Do you need to create one? If so, what are you going to do about it? Hmm. Let's make this a wonderful Wednesday. And remember, you need to have a backup plan just in case. Like this crazy Nike app, it really tried me this morning, but I was like. No, I got backup. I know how many miles I've been out here. Yes, it's the same route I take, and I know exactly how many miles it goes on this route. So Nike app, no, you ain't got me. And I got— like I said, I had a plan B. I use the Strava app, plus my phone also keeps tab. Once I start moving, it start recording, um, my steps. So I had a plan B. Nike app, you didn't get me. And it's the same for you today. Whatever, whatever you're facing today, it's still going to be a wonderful Wednesday because you have a backup plan. That's God.