How Much Can You Endure?

It was a difficult summer that, in many ways, left me spent. Two deaths in the family. A recurring foot injury. Navigating a new health diagnosis. Managing through the dissatisfaction with my day job. There came a point when it felt like I’d hit the wall—a lack of energy, difficulty focusing, increasing impatience—and that I had no more to give. Every which way I turned, I was looking for just one reason to quit…everything. But, silently, a question kept nagging at me: how much can you endure?

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