The Thick of it

What do you do when you’re in the thick of it?

When you’re actively rebuilding, showing up every day, doing the work, and it still feels like you’re getting nowhere.
No progress forward.
Maybe even some steps back.

That’s how you know you’re deep in it.

When the way forward is heavy...
and the way back is starting to close off behind you.

That entrance you came through?
It’s gone.
You're already too far in to turn around.
But too early to see the light on the other side.

And that’s the most frustrating part.
The deeper I push into this better mindset, this better life
the more it feels like certain things just don’t want to click.

It’s like I’m flooring the gas in a car, and everyone else is already cruising.
And I’m just stuck, trying to catch up.

But see, that’s the thing:

If you keep pressing forward
Even when it’s slow, even when it sucks
Eventually, you catch up.
Eventually, you pass the ones who quit at mile two.

You just have to keep pushing through the hard parts.

That’s the shift.

- L