Day 2,195: Quitting is an option

I feel…much better today.

Still anxious. Still unsure. But the depression is better. Thank lord.

I realized something, though, yesterday in the depths of that depression: quitting is an option. I don’t have to do anything. I get to decide. And man…that somehow made me feel a lot better.

What if I’m just not ready to write this particular story? And what if that’s actually okay? What if I’m not a failure if I decide to set this story aside and write other stories?

I…hadn’t considered that with quite as much perspective as I did...