When things get difficult, we tend to look back, tend to see how things could have been different. Unfortunately, the life analogy of the “fork in the road” is misused. To use that analogy as a realism, the road behind the fork must turn to quicksand once we remove our foot from the place in which we stood. That is, we can’t go back.
This is more real to me than ever in New York City, a city which moves at such a rapid speed. It never stops.
My year has been full of choices. These choices have caused me to hurt others, hurt my back account, and gain 7 pounds. These same choices have caused me to make new friends, learn more about myself, and embark on a new adventure.
My temp job is ending in a week. I am terrified, but also not. My job search so far has been futile but this puts a fire under me and I am strong under pressure.
I am tempted at this moment to look back at the negative choices I made to get me here, specifically the heart I broke, but if I look back, I wallow in it, it ceases to have a purpose.
My only option is to find motivation, push forward, and to turn my mistakes into a catalyst for a better future for everyone involved.
I look at where I am.
“If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere” -Frank Sinatra
I am making it in an expensive city, getting interviews daily and at the very least, keeping my head above water.
How do you stay motivated when your past mistakes keep knocking at your back door?
