Have yourself a hard year
Apr 8, 2025
Have yourself a hard year.
A year where nothing you try succeeds.
Where everything you touch
turns not to gold -
but to dust.
I hope the door stays shut.
I hope your lucky break goes to someone else.
I hope the applause dries up
and all that’s left is silence.
You and your work.
Alone.
I hope you have a year that humbles you.
A year that leaves you with no friends.
A year that breaks your rhythm.
A year that forces you to push in the dark
with no hope you’ll see the light
at the end of the tunnel.
Finally, I hope you have more than one of those years.
Maybe three.
Or five.
Because if you can live through that-
Not escape it,
Not numb it,
but live through it:
You’ll walk out the other side
with something rarer than success.
You’ll have depth.
You’ll be unshakable.
You’ll be forged-
In silence, not the spotlight.
Where no one will see it coming.
So no, I don’t wish you well.
I won’t lie and say you’ll be fine.
I won’t even wish you luck.
Have yourself a hard year.
It might be the making of you.
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