There comes a time in any big goal when it's incredibly hard. It’s the middle-to-late part when we've lost the adrenaline of the start but are too far away from the finish to count the days. We’re starting to lose our willpower and our self-control starts to waiver.

There’s actually a psychological term that touches on this. It can be called…

Most things in life that we want to accomplish, that are hard, that we're nervous about, that we're not sure if we can do, are all about having the courage to do something.

I don’t know about you but I always thought about “forgive but don’t forget” like this: that you forgive someone, but you don't quite forget, because you should hold onto the experience for risk purposes. Like, if they burned you once, they might do it again.

I'm laying here on the couch with a bag of ice on each knee, a heating pad on my back, a full bottle of water, and my phone.