Work is going to be absolutely brutal for the next little while. I've taken on more overtime after negotiating with my boss about what we can manage. I know how close I am to my goals...my surgery, my degree, etc...but after so long it gets really tiresome. I just have to keep going hard as hell. I have a coworker who always tells me I need to just reach deep inside myself to find my full determination, to finish these last hurdles, and he's right. But omg this has been taking so long, so friggin costly, everything I am taking on right now is basically a long-term commitment.