How to get out of bed

I'll never tire of Mike Monterio's writing. Worth a read if you're struggling with shit, any shit.

Over the last few weeks I’ve felt the walls closing in a little bit. Which isn’t good. But it’s also completely understandable because if I were to ask you about the worst thing that happened this week, I’d be liable to get 30 different answers and none of them would be wrong. But like the man said, “you’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario, but you gotta go out there and do something about it.”

There is no 28 point shot in basketball. The only way to come back from a 27 point deficit is one shot at a time. Two points here. Two points there. A few three pointers sprinkled in. Some timely foul shots. And you have to do all of this while the other team is trying to do the same thing. Trying to grind you down. You just have to score a little bit more than they do over a set span of time. And if you score just one more point than they do at the end, you win.

Also if I still have your attention this far, hearing him speak is even better