Episode 10 - Failing Forward
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Episode 10 - Failing Forward
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Episode 10 is about picking myself up after hitting rock bottom and making a decision that almost everyone around me warned me against: going back to school to become a writer.
In this chapter, I talk about enrolling in basic education courses, feeling out of place, and slowly—sometimes painfully—starting to develop real skill and confidence in my craft. Friends and family thought it was impractical, unrealistic, or just another bad idea. I thought it was necessary. I believed in myself enough to do the work, even when the path forward felt uncertain.
Along the way, I deal with medical issues that threaten to derail everything, and I have to learn how to push through without pretending they don’t exist. I also explore a parallel journey—trying to learn how to hunt like my grandfather and uncle—as a way of reconnecting with where I come from and what resilience actually looks like.
The episode closes with graduation and a turning point: moving on to the next step of the journey, beginning my baccalaureate program at the University of Washington.
This is a story about stubborn belief, slow progress, survival, and choosing to bet on yourself when no one else would.