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RebeccaPetzel's avatar

Excited to be following along Abby as I try to find my own balance between the day job, the creative calling, the kids, and the overstimulated ADHD brain. So grateful for you and that you're doing this!!!

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Brandon G Smith's avatar

I did something hard. In fact, I did something hard while doing something hard. I took a class at K-State about piloting a small unmanned aircraft (drone) and then took the FAA's Part 107 exam to receive my pilot license. And I did all of that while battling a cold! The class was a 45 minute drive away and began at 8am. Getting up that early while battling a head cold was not fun, nowhere near it. This was to be the second time I took the exam, mind you, having failed the first test.

I passed!

And I feel like a true bada$$, but TBH it was hard to fully enjoy it while still battling the cold. I took my fiancée out to eat dinner at a pop-up bar called Vignettes that just so happened to be themed like the movie "A Nightmare Before Christmas." She's a huge fan of this movie and I just had a feeling we'd do well in the trivia contest being put on that night.

We won!

So all this to say for the TL;DR kids out there, I took an exam for the second time while sick. It was super scary, but I know it's something I'll need for future work. I passed and now that hurdle stands in the background shrugging as I turn to face the oncoming, taller ones rapidly approaching.

So I get it, Abby. Staying stagnant is the only truly easy way to live, but it's just not in our DNA, is it?

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