Men are babies when they get sick

And I'm no exception.

I got super sick yesterday - some sort of stomach bug.

I'll spare you the details but it hasn't been pretty no matter how you look at it.

It kept me up until about 5 a.m. this morning...

Miserable.

So I woke up later than I have in a very long time, and most of my day's been a wash.

But I'm committed to writing these messages.

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And that's the simple message I'd like to share.

Sometimes circumstances may shit on our best intentions, we may encounter an unexpected illness or whatever other 100's of circumstances that could arise and try to sideline you.

... and sometimes, we just have to embrace that discomfort and push through it anyways.

Stay committed to what's important to us, no matter how challenging it may feel.

Which, incidentally, reminds me of when I first started taking my addictive personality seriously.

I'd been trying to quit porn, alone in my room and not talking to anyone about it, for years at that point. Nothing was working. Despite my best efforts, I'd gone from relapsing every day to once/week on average... but that wasn't good enough. So I finally decided that enough was enough. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. And... I needed help.

The discomfort of admitting that to myself was strong enough. But when I thought about talking to another person about it? Forget it.

It took me months to finally work up the courage.

And then I almost didn't show up to the first chat because I felt so weird.

Yet, just like with these emails, I was committed.

I needed to fix this to move on into a better, more aligned chapter for myself.

Lo-and-behold, showing up to that short convo was one of the better choices I've ever made.

And if you can find it within yourself to swallow that pride, and push ahead too despite the obvious discomfort... your future self will thank you.

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