Welcome to the mess

Welcome to the mess.

Sometime in my teens I read a quote about how if you saw me succeed in public it was because I had failed a thousand times in private.

That became my life motto.

I was excellent at my homework.

I aced my exams.

I always had the answer.

Not because I was any smarter.

Rather I believed I was dumber.

There were those who didn’t do what I had to do and still got half my success.

They didn’t see me up at 6am every morning to get a 45 min study session in before getting ready for school.

Or the strict schedule I had every afternoon.

The pile of exams papers I practiced on.

If you see me succeed in public it’s because I’ve failed a thousand times in private.