Headed to the moon not now but soon. - Alexi Pappas

A great coach once told me that when pain sets in during a workout, it takes less mental energy to push harder than it does to think about slowing down or stopping. I've found that to be true: Momentum matters, physically and mentally.

I told my dad that I was sure I would feel depressed forever and that it would be embarrassing to continue living this way, so maybe it was better to just die. But then my dad said that being dead would be more embarrassing than being depressed.

"I was no longer down to "meet at 3-ish for a run somewhere", because I understood that the back-and-forth texting leading up to the run would cost me some willpower."