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夢はこの部屋の中で / 千石ぱぷか

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persist = success. it always works. “but-“ no.

you persist by not giving up, no matter what happens or how long it takes. you decide what you want and then you stick to that. you literally can’t fail by persisting, because if you never give up, it has to happen! there’s literally no other outcome.

persisting also isn’t complicated. like, at all. it’s not about affirming every second of the day, it’s not about never doubting and it’s not about the amount of effort. it’s about refusing to give up on your goal even if your circumstances are showing you the opposite of what you want.

“but i still haven’t shifted.. what if it’s not working?”

and that’s exactly why you persist! you persist until you experience it, that’s it. you don’t quit just because it hasn’t happened yet, because that’s the trick many fall for. it makes you think nothing is happening just to see if you’ll give up. but this is actually where your persistence matters the most! do you let yourself get tricked, or do you stay firm on what you want?

because not experiencing it yet is exactly where most people stop and that’s why they don’t see results. they give up on something they want just because it hasn’t happened yet, literally falling for the trick. and that’s not persisting, that’s giving up.

— i remember this specific time during the beginning of summer 2024. me and my brother really wanted to buy a pool for our backyard, but our dad wasn’t very fond of that. of fucking course, i thought. we even told him this whole scenario of him getting home from work on a warm day and getting into the pool with a cold beer in his hand, because what kind of dad would say no to that? but still, he didn’t really budge that much. so that’s when i told my brother “you know what, we’re getting this pool.”

i had no idea what i was doing, but despite every sign pointing towards no pool, i didn’t let that trick me. i didn’t fall for it. i just kept on persisting, telling myself that we were getting that damn pool one way or another…. and we did! we bought the pool and got to swim in it that same summer. and heck yeah i doubted! i just didn’t give up, because that’s how you persist.