30 Days
Hello Future me, A whole month has passed, and I have accomplished nothing significant. My progress is that of a paraplegic turtle with Korsakoff syndrome. This is not to say that it was a bad month, for nothing was wrong. However, a wise man once told me, "If you are not getting better, then you are getting worse." My gains were subpar. My studies were bare minimum - got me what I needed but not an inch more. Within one month, I will take the hardest exam that I will have ever taken in my entire life, and the truth is, I might scrape by just enough. We often don't realize that failure, setbacks, and obstacles are not the killers of dreams and ambitions. Rather, it is complacency... comfort... satisfaction. Its hard for people to change when everything seems right. Why struggle or risk your comfortable position when everything seems "okay"? If there is no deadline, we will keep pushing back our goals. If there is no urgency, we won't give it a second thoug...