11/04/2026
Anyone relate?
There are days when I honestly wonder if I'm making any progress at all. But I need only look at who I was 5 years ago to see the changes.
I spent these past 5 years unlearning a lot of stuff that I had not only believed true, but had internalized until it became part of my DNA, part of the fabric that makes me me.
These knots are hard to unravel, and usually painful, but these keystones hold up walls that were once absolutely necessary - it's why they were erected in the first place - but they've long since lost that usefulness and have become barriers to the future I'm trying to reach.
The problem is, I start to knock the walls down and a part of me tries desperately to keep them standing. I end up taking one step forward, then a fair few more than the proverbial "two steps back."
And then beat myself up for it.
Anyone relate?
It's part of the process. You're working through the dark side of your own mind, where painful events, people, emotions, and everything that has ever hurt you is waiting to haul you back in.
It's a brutal journey of days on top of the world followed by falls that feel like they go on for lifetimes.
Let's be honest here - it's not for the feint of heart. Most people do not have what it takes to do what we do. So be proud of the steps you've taken, regardless of how many were backwards.
Those just mean that particular lesson had something left to teach you. I'd tell you not to beat yourself up over it, but if you're like me, you're still going to. It's ok. Just remember to forgive yourself.
Because if you're walking this journey, if you spend lifetimes falling, just for that one day on top of the world, if you honestly wonder if you're making any progress at all...
You are.
Keep going. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Keep braving those days when just getting out of bed is a task you're not sure you're up to.
Because every step you take, whether it's the one forward or the many backwards, is a step towards the future you're trying to reach.
You've got this. And we've got each other.
Much love.