“Some days it just flows and I feel like I’m born to do this, other days it feels like I’m trudging through hell. Every day I make the choice to show up and see what I’ve got, and to try and be better. My advice: keep showing up.” — Des Linden, Olympian and 2018 Boston Marathon champion
Thanks for that. I find articles like this highly motivating, but need to be taken down to earth sometimes. It is not reasonable to compare yourself to someone who made sports into their career. Just like it is not reasonable to compare yourself to an actor who is getting paid to look a certain way.