Progressing through this read I had to share an excerpt from one of the essays.
It hit really close to home and truthfully I needed to stop, reflect and digest that passage from it. It went as this.
The fact that it is hard to do everything: It's hard to be in a relationship, it's hard to not to be in one. It's hard to have to perform at a job you love and are emotionally invested in, it's hard to not be living your dreams by a certain age. Everything is hard: it's just a matter of what you think is worth the effort. (Brianna Wiest, 2016).
As of late most of my life seems to be easily cracked and fragile. Needless to say, this passage made me do some deep thinking.
Life is, hard... Full of fear of the unknown. A relationship that is unknown and rocky, a job that is facing critical staffing shortages and extreme risk of safety, being stuck between climbing the ladder for my career and being held back by lack of opportunities. Life is hard and it was comforting to read that it's ok to be hard so long as I keep placing the effort. The hopes and dreams is that I will bare the fruit of my labor, and if not. there is always more work to be done next time.