Do you know someone who lives project to project? Ailene is someone in my life who is constantly working on something BIG. She's always in one of the stages of looking for, buying or furnishing a new house. If it's not real estate, it's a new dog, or a new career. It's always something and it's always big. If I apply pop psychology here, I could conclude that Ailene is unhappy and searching for fulfillment. She's counting on things new and different to change her life.
But new and different can be scary. Ask the freshman who started school this week. It's easy for us to look at somebody else's challenges and know that it will make them stronger. It's hard to see it when we're the one going through hell.
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