I've been there.

I know it's hard. I know that some days, or weeks, or months can just seem to drag on forever and each little thing feels like an added weight to your shoulders. I know it can feel like there's just no escaping it. And I know what it feels like to struggle to get through just one more day.

There are those moments where everything seems to be too much, too fast. It's continuous. Never feeling smart enough or good enough or worthy enough. Everyone seems to be happy and alive, but you can't even seem to get out of bed in the morning without a great deal of effort.

I get it. And I'm not here to tell you that it's easy or that everything will get better. Because sometimes things suck. And sometimes things are hard.

But let me tell you one thing, you can and will survive it.

There is so much life to live outside of test scores and failed relationships. You are more than your mistakes and more than the shit you have to go through. Life is so much more than these moments and you have to be able to seek out the good, even when everything else seems lousy.

Life is reading great books and coffee shops and lazy Sunday mornings. It's making pancakes and laughing and staying up till 2 a.m. talking with your best friend. It's finding purpose in the little things and choosing to live in spite of all the bad and finding your way to the good.

It will be hard. But happiness will find it's way in when you start to see what living is really about.