Betsy Guerra on finishing what you start: the emotional toll of completing creative work, juggling family and staff, and how faith and a larger sense of purpose keep you going when you want to quit.
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I once heard the definition of grit, and it was described as someone who perseveres when things are going great, when things are going terribly, and where. When things are stagnant. And I feel my journey has been that it's been a. A testament to grit, which I believe God gives me, because it's. It's almost been a process similar to. To my grief in that some days I thought I could do this and I can build the brand and I can, you know, be known in. In social media and in the community, and I can go places and. And make a difference. And other times it was like, at what cost? And in my process, I had to write and make time for writing. I had to be a mom and a wife and continue to be present for my family. I had to continue to support my team and my staff at work. I had to build a brand and share free content, which cost me time, money, effort, energy. I had to. Gosh, I had to go through the pain of writing this. I have an overhead. I had to work because I had to pay for my overhead. And at times I wanted to give up, and at times I didn't know if I was going to finally have a book in my hands and see this product finished. But when you have a bigger purpose and when. The reason why you're doing what you're doing is greater than the pain that it takes to do it, you just push through and you make it happen.