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While classroom work became much easier again, sports became problematic: I came to rely on the improved vision I had when wearing my glasses and having to take them off for Taekwondo or school sports started to give me anxiety. I couldn’t see the kicks or punches coming during sparring or the balls thrown at me during the traditional volley, basket, and football sports.
Not going to lie, I was really down for months as I steadily progressed towards this situation. There were some really dark moments where I questioned everything I was doing. Were all these sacrifices really going to be worth it? Would I ever get to that moment where I paid off my credit card? Would I ever know life without debt? Would I ever move forward with my life again?
With my interest in writing, it probably comes as no surprise that I had a blog as soon as they had been invented. “Weblogs” were one of the first flexes the average, everyday internet user had to begin expressing ideas that were never going to get published in mainstream media.
I didn’t follow the exact steps Dave Ramsey outlined. Instead of creating an emergency fund, I decided to throw all of my money into paying off my credit card.
This was working for a while.
That is… until an emergency occurred.
We’re coming up to the second anniversary of COVID-19 affecting our world and slowly creeping into year three. In the context of my life now, it seems really strange to look back on some of the goals I had set for myself when I started this list. There clearly was no sign of a pandemic back in 2018.
It wasn’t that I was onto the next chapter of my life when the e-mail came through. It’s hard to describe where my head was at: I was in Canada holding my mom’s hand during her first round of chemo. I mentioned it to her in a passing comment and both of us had left it at that. The excitement of finally being free wasn’t there. The people I thought I would celebrate the transition into my new life didn’t want to come with me, and step by step, more parts of my old life were left behind.
We knew we would miss cooking meals for our guests of recipes that were a part of Rachid’s family. On the other hand we wouldn’t have the stress of repairs to be responsible for after a day at the beach which would give us more time and space to spend with our guests, answer e-mails more promptly, and continue working on our social media marketing and advertising.
