How to Stay Focused When You’re In a Sh*tstorm
What really happened these last few months.
Life lately has been like a movie.
That’s not to say that I’ve had storybook success, but rather that I’ve had all the drama, ups, downs, and everything in between that you see in movies.
In the last few articles over the last few weeks, I’ve talked about what happened at ADCC, the preparation, and some other things surrounding the tournament, but I didn’t talk too much about the chaos.
I rarely do until after the fact.
I like sharing the trials and tribulations I experience — I think it’s good to do so in a world of social media’s false perfection — but I personally don’t do it until after the big day. There’s something icky to me about using my struggles for attention.
Instead, I try to use my past struggles as a resource for learning.
Maybe telling you all the ways I was an idiot can help us both learn and be better in the future.
Here’s what I’ve struggled with and learned over the last few months.
In May, I had an existential crisis.
After the ADCC West Coast Trials this year where I finished 4th in a division of over 200 competitors, it…
