The Breaking point Before the Breakthrough

4/24/25


What do we call the point in the hero's journey when the hero has already made great headway into the journey yet the trials have become almost unbearable and they are seriously contemplating giving up on the whole idea? This is not simply facing the first few tests, allies, and enemies. The stage I'm speaking of is the breaking point. Preparations to face the ultimate challenge have already been made. The hero is now facing life or death.


This is me. This is where I am on my own hero's journey as an entrepreneur. My "Ordeal" goes by the names of debilitating depression, crippling anxiety, and ADHD. It's wild how a season of ill mental health can entirely derail a person when they previously had countless experiences with divine guidance spelling out their undeniable life's mission. 


Yet here we are, taking the most timid baby steps forward. And not shying away, even though the thoughts are screaming: "It's ok, we tried, it didn't work, we can just quit. No big deal."


I followed a prompting to go back to school. That prompting led me to take the class Intro to Entrepreneurship. Amongst the first assignments, I was reminded of the hero's journey. The document "Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero" rekindled a spark that once was a raging fire. Although it was addressing those who are starting out on an entrepreneurial journey, It felt personal when these questions were asked: 


"Do you have that courage to take the first step, to fight that first battle, even if you don't know how the story ends? I hope so, because I believe that our spirits are thirsty for adventure, a thirst that too many of us deny, until the fateful day we realize that life passed us by. 


These aren't my first steps and this isn't my first battle, but it might be my biggest. But nothing rings truer than that insatiable thirst to step deeper into the abyss, to keep putting in the work. Why? Because hindsight shows me that, even though I haven't found financial success while on this journey yet, I have seriously grown! It has been a very gratifying adventure because the work is satisfying. 


I am thankful for that most essential lesson: that I want to keep working. I want to see what other kinds of growth I will experience in this journey. I want to discover all of the mini-victories that I can't even imagine are ahead of me. I am thankful that my desire for entrepreneurial success is still here. Buried maybe, but not gone. This isn't the end of my story. Not even close!

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