#achieving

We try every day. We try new things, we try old things, we try to maintain what we already have. Sometimes we try all of these things in a day and when the day is over some went good, some went not as good and even others could have gone better. It's a matter of chance sometimes, even if we try our hardest sometimes it's not enough.

It's ok for that to happen.

Trying means we care and trying doesn't mean it's over. It's ok for failure to happen, we learn from daily failures and we move on to the next day. It's ok to stop trying for awhile because the truth is failure is a sore spot. It hurts to fail after trying, it hurts to face the reality of it all. Sometimes we take days, weeks, months to come back to a project, event, person to try one more time, and that is ok.

I feel like we try and sometimes our brain wires itself to say that it's not a big deal that we are trying. I think some people will recognize this phrase that often pops up in thought "Everyone else is trying and they are not broadcasting it or having problems with it, so you shouldn't either", if you have heard this then let me tell you that it is wrong. It took me a long while to figure that one out, but it is wrong.

They are trying but they may be sharing with the people they connect with and not with the world. People are trying and maybe they seem like they don't have problems but we don't know. We don't know each other's brains like that. We don't know each other's thoughts. We are trying to live a life and that is something to be proud and happy with. It's not an easy thing to do, to try and keep on living, so that's why I say I'm glad we are trying.

If no one as said this words to you then let me at least write them to you. Whatever thing you are working on or planning to do, it may be a passion project or maybe just a simple change in your routine, or even a new habit, I'm proud of you.

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Person 1: Ugh. I got nothing done today.

Person 2: Do you need to get something done every day?

Person 1: [Thinks about it, looking sad]

Person 1: I have so much I want to do. I feel like I wasted today just laying around.

Person 2: When you take time to rest, that does not mean you are not working hard. There is no shame in taking time for yourself. You also exist just to exist, so you should enjoy just existing. Isn’t it nice just to breathe?

Person 1, lying back and smiling: Yeah. It is nice.