Trying to Get My Life Together

I don’t really know how to start this post other than to say: I’m tired. Not the kind of tired that sleep fixes — the kind that’s tied up in ambition, anxiety, overthinking, and too many open tabs in my brain.

Right now, I’m balancing a lot. I’m working full-time, trying to stay on top of bills, digging myself out of debt, building a business, finishing a degree, studying politics, planning a move, training at the gym, and preparing for a local election. And at the same time, I’m just trying to hold it together as a regular human being — to stay healthy, see my friends, and not lose myself in the middle of it all.

Some days I feel like I’ve got a plan. Other days, I feel like I’m duct-taping my life together.
And if I’m being honest, most of the time I have no clue what I’m doing — I just know I want to be better than where I started.

I grew up with big dreams, but for a while, I didn’t know how to get there. Life knocked me around. Confidence was something I had to learn the hard way. Discipline came out of necessity, not motivation. The pressure to do more with less, to build from nothing — it’s not a cute inspirational quote, it’s just my reality.

But something shifted in me. I decided I was tired of waiting for permission to start. So I’ve been moving — slowly, imperfectly, but forward.

This site, this post, this whole journey — it’s part of that.

If you’re reading this and you’re feeling stuck in your own version of chaos, I’m right there with you. I’m not here to tell you to “hustle harder” or pretend I’ve made it.
I’m just a guy trying to get his life together — publicly, transparently, maybe messily — in hopes that it’ll mean something to someone else down the line.

Thanks for being here.
We’ll figure this out together.

— Stover