Setbacks...and progress

Below is a paragraph that was in my drafts. I wrote it maybe a week before my previous post. I'm posting this as a reminder that sometimes you'll feel even more stuck than usual just before a breakthrough. This is your reminder to keep going, especially when you feel stuck, because persevering is the only way to get out of your feelings of stuck-ness.  

"Feels like recently I've been having an existential crisis of sorts again. But not like I did when I was a teenager. This time it's a realisation about not quite fitting into society. And I hate these thoughts because they make me feel even more alien than usual. And I'm trying to avoid thinking along the lines of that I'm feeling like an alien. Because it makes me feel worse. It's all fun and games to want to be different until you start feeling left out from stuff. And to be honest, in some cases I'd much rather be left out. There are some people in this world that I'd rather keep my distance from. Kindly. Sometimes these types of people could be your colleagues. You're fine with them in working context, but wouldn't socialise with them if someone paid you."

Reading this now sounds very pessimistic. And in the mindset that I am now, it feels so unnecessary that I was so plagued by these thoughts. 

This is your reminder that your journey to success is not linear, and setbacks don't mean that you're not progressing. Often setbacks happen just before you're about to be propelled forward. :)