Man is intensely, even passionately attached to suffering. That is a fact - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Someone very insightful once said if you’re not suffering through a catastrophe at this very moment, all you have to do is wait. Or something like that. I think I saw it in a video. I can’t find the exact quote and my words are nowhere near as eloquent. But, the gist is there.
My shittiest years didn’t come until after I cleaned myself up. I came out of a five-month coke, speed and booze bender and nose-dived straight into a gym addiction.
Let’s rewind a sec:
I’d quit for months before this, focusing on my studies and trying to better myself. I’d worked my ass off for years, excelling despite my well-seasoned debauchery. But my final year I really tied down, applying for scholarships and fending off parties and booze. I wound up with a 90% average and waited patiently for my grad school acceptance letter from the University of Toronto.
I didn’t get it. How the fuck could that happen with a 90…