How I/WE "press-ON" ... "in-the-FACE"-of SEEMINGLY-INsurmountble OBSTACLES:

... 
-- DIFFICULTY/TROUBLE is ... INEVITABLE. 
... REGARDLESS of how-WELL you PLAN and/or how-PINPOINT you EXECUTE, ... "'SHIT' TENDS-to happen."
... BUT, your RESILIENCY, your DETERMINATION, your PERSISTENCE ultimately-"decides", IF said-"OBSTACLE" was a GOOD- or a BAD-"test".

... "ADVERSITY" is an EXCELLENT "teacher".
... It gives you the OPPORTUNITY to develop your inner resources of character and courage, requiring you to learn new lessons, develop new parts of YOURSELF & make difficult decisions.  
So, RATHER-than DWELLING-on or SULKING-about your MISCUES, KNOW-that "SCREWS-UPS" are a NECESSARY-"step" along YOUR ... "path to ENLIGHTENMENT".
(... WOW, A.J., THAT was really-"DEEP"!)
(... THAT's what SHE said!  ... Play-by-play Announcer: "A.J. with the BASKET.  ... Altan gets the ASSIST.")

-- SHARE your "STORY" with OTHERS.  
... Be "OPEN-to/-for" "OUTSIDE-support, -recommendations & '-CONSTRUCTIVE-criticism(S)'".  ... It NEVER-"hurts" to get/hear an unbiased, OUTSIDER-opinion.
... The chances ARE ... that--ALMOST-UNquestionably*--SOMEONE has EXPERIENCED YOUR-"situation".
... Motor vehicle HEAD-/BRAIN-injury is the leading cause of TBI-related death. Rates are highest for adults aged 20 to 24 years--which includeED 2008-ME.
... Do your research and find out who these people are. 

The clues to success are out there in plain sight – if you look, you will find them.

-- SEPARATE your BOLD/DARING, ... REALISTIC LONG-term GOALS into smallER, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE SHORT-term TASKS ... that can be "CONFRONTED" ... ONE-at-a-TIME.
... Almost-EVERY GOAL/TASK REQUIRES "RESEARCH".

-- Devise THREE POSSIBLE "ALTERNATIVE-SOLUTIONS" to/for EACH & EVERY PREDICAMENT.
... A GREAT-way to RESOLVE ANY-problem is to ... "BRAINSTORM" ALTERNATIVE-"approaches". 


-- Set AMBITIOUS but ATTAINABLE (SHORT-term) GOALS to help-REMIND you of your LONG-term/OVERALL "project".
... FOCUS-on your ULTIMATE-"DESTINATION". 
... But, MAINLY, ... EMPHASIZE the "task at-HAND". 
... ONLY-AFTER "task-COMPLETION", can one "HIGHLIGHT" the INFINITE "UPs & DOWNs" along the way.
... Stay MOTIVATED!


-- Be WILLING-to SACRIFICE/"PAY the PRICE".
... "ULTIMATE-"/"CONCLUSIVE-" accomplishments WILL-require a "COST" ... be it TIME or SOCIABILITY or ... ANYTHING.  (In MY CURRENT-"case", I "LOST" my STRONG-/FLEXIBLE-LEGS, my AMAZING-MIND, my NOTEWORTHY-MEMORY, my ADMIRABLE ATHLETIC-PROWESS, my HILARIOUS COMEDIC-TIMING ... & my GORGEOUS ''fiancee''.
... But, BEFORE you CHOOSE-to "pay the price", you MUST-know what the "price" IS.  You may find that some "costs" are MORE than you want to "pay". Only-YOU can decide what is right for you and what "PRICE" you are willing to "PAY".


-- Be RESILIENT/PERSISTENT/DETERMINED!
... COMMIT-yourself to ACHIEVING your DREAM(S) ... NO-MATTER the "COST"!
... "SUCK it UP!"
... The LONGER you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success will be.  (... --> PROBABILITY & STATISTICS --> "RIGHT-UP MY-ALLEY"!)


-- LIFE is HARD ... but NOT-"IMPOSSIBLE".


... A friend from high school JUST-inspired me to (TRY-to) WRITE an AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ... entitled 
''The CRESTS & TROUGHS of a 'Turkish-KNIGHT''.
(... THAT's AWESOME, ... 'cuz I've been-NEEDING an ALTERNATIVE-form of "ENTERTAINMENT" in my FREE-/ SPARE-time!)


-- HHHMMM.  MAYBE if we OVER-paid TEACHERS & UNDER-paid RAPPERS, 
...
there'd be SMARTER-kids & LESS SHITTY-music.
HHHMMM.
 

-- I'll ADMIT: I HAVE two "U.T.I"s ... 
or "Unconventional Talking-Initiative"s.
(... APPROPRIATE "MOTIVATING-factor"S in/of my cogently-SPEAKING during my "SPEECH-Therapy" are "'Scrabble'-play" & "EATING ... via MOUTH". 


-- "MATH IS LOGIC."
(--Dr. Larry, 'NUMB3RS')

... Q: Who was the ROUNDEST-knight at King Arthur's "Round Table"?
...
A: Sir Cumference**. ... He ate TOO-MUCH pi.


-- A WISE-man once said:

"FUCK this 'SHIT'" ... & lived "HAPPILY EVER-after"!

... "Just-REMEMBER: 
... It's NOT a LIE, if YOU BELIEVE it."
(--George Costanza, 'Seinfeld') 



KEY
* = UNLESS you--like ME--have a "Traumatic Brain-Injury"
(... From/In 2007-2008, there were ~16,000 DEATHS among Americans aged 25-44.  ... I was 23.)

** = "Sir CUM-ference" was (IS?!) my STRIPPER-alias at 'ASS-him-SO-slick'.  (... It's a "PLAY-on-WORDS" of "asymptotic".)


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