When “Doing My Best” Still Feels Like Not Enough
I didn’t start this newsletter because my life is in order.I started it because most days… it’s not.
Some days I grow 1%.Some days I survive 1%.Some days I don’t even know what I’m doing — I just keep waking up and hoping something inside me shifts.
I’m tired.But I’m still trying.And maybe that’s the only thing about me that has stayed consistent.
Everyone online talks about discipline, hustle, purpose.But no one talks about the in-between days —the ones where you’re not exactly falling apart,but definitely not doing “great”.
The days where you’re just… existing.Breathing.Trying not to think too much.Trying not to give up.Trying to be a person even when it feels like a job.
This newsletter is for those days.
For the quiet victories no one sees.For the healing that looks slow and pathetic but still counts.For the progress that isn’t linear, aesthetic, or Instagram-ready.
For people who look fine on the outside but are carrying a whole weather system inside their chest.
I don’t promise motivation.I don’t promise solutions.I don’t promise a new version of you in 30 days.
All I promise is honesty.And a place where you don’t have to pretend you’re okay.
If you’re growing slowly, healing unevenly, trying quietly, or just holding yourself together because nobody else will—
you’re in the right place.
Thanks for being here.Really.
— Jairo
