Sara Ann O'Sullivan

With another Medical Exam done and less than a month until I am off on my break, I can not help but feel like I just won my own gold medal. These past two weeks have been an adventure to put the least. Full of its ups and downs. It has been filled with a lot of studying to work for an exam that was most of my grade of the semester and I earned my semi-high mark with proudness.

But the exam is not the only thing I am excited to announce that I have completed. I have completed my official second poetry book and will publish it in August. More details to come on that next week. So maybe this post is merely me bragging? I mean I can not say that I could outrun any of the track stars that the world is about to witness in a few days but I am proud of the things that have happened in this past month.

I wish I could say that it has been an easy semester but it has not been so I think I can take a moment to pat myself on my back because that is the healthy thing to do. And I encourage you to do the same. So, here is your reminder whether you are a kayaker in the new Olympic sport or just taking baby steps in getting your life on track to what you want to do with your life.

I think sometimes, we put so much pressure on ourselves that we forget how far we have come. I know I was upset with myself for not posting my Friday newsletter for two days but then I got a score on my exam that I was proud of. So sometimes life is a game of tug and war. We tug it in the direction we want and then we lose our balance and get tugged the wrong way. And to be honest, I think there is nothing wrong with that.

I believe every day is something to be proud of. Bad days and all.
So once again, take a moment, get a cup of your favorite liquid to drink whether that be water or coffee or something stronger, and raise a toast to yourself. Because in our own ways, we all earn gold medals in our lives and we don’t have the roaring crowds of the Olympics but we have ourselves and our family and friends. And that is enough.