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The Thing About Struggling You Need To Understand
What it means exactly to struggle or be struggling.
I can’t recall how many times I’ve been in situations where I question myself and my past decisions over the years I’ve been in business.
Did I make the right choice of pursuing writing?
Did I make the right decision of building this business and hunt for clients on my own?
Was I right about starting a Youtube channel?
Was I right in abandoning my 7 years of education to pursue what I have right now?
A lot of these questions were questions I asked early on, but these days I feel more at peace. I’m certain of my pursuit and conviction that I’ve got this. And I continue to solidify and reassure myself every day.
How am I able to do that when a few years back I was questioning so many decisions I made?
Well, part of it boils down to understanding struggle and what it means to be struggling. I didn’t grasp the concept at the time — marking it off as merely sheer stubbornness — but the more I’m understanding struggle now, the more that period of time makes sense to me.
Struggling for so many people is stigmatized and it makes sense. It’s hardship, and can be a source of…
