Hey, whatever you do, don't stop. So what I want to talk about today is super personal to me. It's something that I'm struggling with right now.

And in a lot of ways this episode is for me, but I decided I would record it and I would share it because I think it's probably relevant to many people listening to this and watching this right now.

And so if that's you, thank you for being here and I hope

that by sharing this I can help you to do what you need to do and keep going, whatever that means in your world. I think it's really

hard to wake up every day and think about what it is you want to do with your life, what it is you want to do with your life what it is you want to do with your time and your energy

Who you want to be and what you need to do in order to get there. I think it's insanely difficult to map out that process and figure out how to become

the person that you know you are capable of being, how to live up to your own potential.

And I think it's really difficult to face all of the setbacks that you will inevitably face.

Some of them, your fault and others not, all of the things that you've had to overcome just

to get to this point to become the person you are today I think it's really difficult to

face all of that every single day and not just feel crushed,

not just feel like you're crumbling underneath the weight of everything.

And I want you to know, I get it, I'm here for you, I see you. But I also want you to know that

it doesn't have to feel that way. It doesn't have to feel that way it doesn't have to be this crushing experience

you can be what you want to be you can do what you want to do.

And there is an enormous amount of work and energy and sacrifice required to get there,

but it doesn't have to be painful along the way.

I think that's the part of this that I often forget. I feel like in order

to do the things that I want, sacrifices required and sacrifice must be negative, but it doesn't have to be.

Sacrifice can be a form of self-love. Sacrifice can be choosing the future version of

yourself over the current version.

Sacrifice can be allowing yourself to live up to the standards that you have for yourself.

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