- - - Frustration - - -

I set a lot of goals for myself and as a result I put a lot of pressure on myself to achieve them. With that pressure comes a lot of frustration and this week surely has been a testament to that. It's easy to forget about the big picture and get caught up in the little set backs and frustrations. What I've learned is that you'll never get to where you want to be without having to deal with some (or a lot of) bumps in the road.

Ya know that old saying, 'the journey is the destination' or something like that.. well I think there's so much truth there. Frustration is gonna happen, I don't care what your doing or who you are, it's just going to happen and there's nothing you can do to change that. What you can do it choose how you respond to it. This week I've let frustration set me back, piss me off and make me cry. What I should have been doing instead was using it to push myself forward. Frustration, in a weird way, is a reminder that I'm on the right path, that I'm working towards something because if I wasn't then I wouldn't be frustrated. In all journeys big and small I think it's important to appreciate the good and the bad. The good for obvious reasons but the bad because that's when you really get the opportunity to learn and to grow. And, after all, that's what this journey is all about.