Facing Reality

Sunil Dom
2 min readAug 29, 2024

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woke up with a heavy heart

Today I woke up with a heavy heart. The challenges I’ve been facing were weighing on me and I knew that I had to face reality. Things haven’t been easy and I’ve been trying to stay positive but it’s hard. The financial pressure the stress at work and the doubts that keep creeping in were all starting to take their toll.

At work I found it hard to concentrate. The tasks in front of me felt overwhelming and I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was falling behind. The sense of progress I’d felt a few days ago seemed to have disappeared and I was left feeling lost. It was a tough day and by the time I got to dance class I was emotionally and physically drained.

In the studio, I tried to put on a brave face, but I knew my students could sense something was off. The routine felt flat and I could tell that my mood was affecting everyone else. It was frustrating knowing that I was the one bringing the energy down but I didn’t know how to fix it. As I walked home after class the doubts were still there, gnawing at the edges of my mind.

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Lying in bed that night I realized that I needed to do something different. I couldn’t keep going like this, pretending that everything was okay when it wasn’t. I needed to face the reality of my situation and start finding real solutions. Tomorrow I decided I would take a step back and reevaluate my approach. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I had to start somewhere.

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Sunil Dom
Sunil Dom

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