Tiffany LaRuy

On Becoming the Great

As an anxious overthinker, I tend to put myself through imaginary scenarios more often than Id like to admit. Sometimes the scenarios play out as happy fantasies and sometimes they’re the stuff of nightmares. Regardless whether they’re good or bad, I find comfort in knowing they are not real. I can alter myself and my emotions to fit the narrative and create whatever ending I choose. Real life doesn’t work that way. There is no rewinding, no do-overs. You take action and deal with the effects as they come. Life is full of ups and downs. Cliché to say, but true. It is in my experience that when life gets low, you find out who you really are and what you’re truly capable of.