Slog through it when you’re 25.
Set aside to rest, like bread dough. Go about your business.
Maybe join the army. Fall in love.
Get a job, build a career.
Get married, have children.
Tell some whopping, unbelievable lies.
Bury a parent, sibling or friend.
Get caught in your whopping, unbelievable lies.
Catch a glimpse of yourself
In a storefront window. Repent.
Start fresh. Quit your job. Fall in love.
Get seriously sick. Bury another parent, sibling or friend.
Re-read Mansfield Park.
Rinse and repeat, as time allows.
Jon Bell 