This is strange, I read this one back before replying and I remember the feeling, the despair I felt, it's been dulled by the progress I've made since. It kind of feels like somebody else wrote it, even though it wasn't that long ago.
Perhaps that's just how my brain works? Perhaps that's what progress feels like
There wasn't just one thing that lead me to feeling like I'd bottomed out, it was a confluence of things that, when they all came together at the same time, that one extra thing, that I maybe could have dealt with if I didn't have all of the other things on my plate, then became the "straw that broke the camels back."
I'm going to deliberately leave it vague and not give you the answer. Not because I want to remain mysterious or protect myself from judgement, but because the thing that leads you to the bottom of the valley will be different for everyone. It could be a big thing, a small thing or lots of things. And I don't want to take away from the message by labelling what it was for me.
What I will say though it that asking for help, reframing my perspective and using the despair as fuel were what got me out of the other side.
This hit hard. Love how you’ve reframed breaking points, not as failure but as moments that refine us. That line about helplessness becoming fuel? So, so good.
Great post Mark!
I like this style as well from you. I wonder what it was that made you feel rock bottom.
This is strange, I read this one back before replying and I remember the feeling, the despair I felt, it's been dulled by the progress I've made since. It kind of feels like somebody else wrote it, even though it wasn't that long ago.
Perhaps that's just how my brain works? Perhaps that's what progress feels like
There wasn't just one thing that lead me to feeling like I'd bottomed out, it was a confluence of things that, when they all came together at the same time, that one extra thing, that I maybe could have dealt with if I didn't have all of the other things on my plate, then became the "straw that broke the camels back."
I'm going to deliberately leave it vague and not give you the answer. Not because I want to remain mysterious or protect myself from judgement, but because the thing that leads you to the bottom of the valley will be different for everyone. It could be a big thing, a small thing or lots of things. And I don't want to take away from the message by labelling what it was for me.
What I will say though it that asking for help, reframing my perspective and using the despair as fuel were what got me out of the other side.
Thanks for reading Stefano.
This hit hard. Love how you’ve reframed breaking points, not as failure but as moments that refine us. That line about helplessness becoming fuel? So, so good.
Thank you Simone, I really appreciate the kind words :)
I think we have to reframe failures. If we languish in them there's no way forward.