Working through challenging times with grace
It’s been a really challenging year! I made it through 2020 in a good headspace, I really did despite all the challenges but this year, I have struggled immensely. I know this sometimes happens and I have to pick myself up and accept this and move on. I have been trying like crazy to do that, to decide that this year isn’t all lost. I know that your greatest growth often comes from the most challenging times. I’m trying to get there and understand where this is all taking me. I’ve spent the summer thus far, taking a personal inventory of where I was, where I am today and where I want to go. To determine a path forward. I’ve been honest with the people who have cared enough to ask about this and sought advice and counsel from close friends and colleagues that I respect a lot. I know how fortunate that I have been in my life. I frequently still reflect on my trip to Africa and how it changed my life and perspective on this forever. So I feel bad, feeling badly too! I know I still ha...