Grad School – Coming Clean
December 18, 2009
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Nothing wrong with honesty. Right there with you regarding choices made earlier in the sunshine of our youth. And to think I thought I was the only one with regrets.
From one person that puts too much pressure on themselves to another: there is no one else that will ever understand the expectations you place on yourself, nor the pain and shame you feel from not meeting those expectations. We could sit down and throw back and forth the horrible mistakes we’ve made in life and how we will live with those ramifications forever. But truth be told, everyone has those awful mistakes to varying degrees. But, it doesn’t come down to the degrees or debt or status that you achieve over time, but the way in which you handle all those things that got thrown at you. It sucks ass to admit failure, but admitting it, embracing it, and realizing that no matter how awful, it still molded you into the person you are today. And you can only move forward. So forget it all and bask in thoughts that make you happy – you deserve it. It took me too fucking long to figure that out, so I only hope you take what I say to heart and try to find solace in the fact that we will all die epic failures at something, but at least we enjoyed the ride.