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Be Your Own Super Hero
Twenty-twenty was the year we learned no one is coming to save us. We faced danger, uncertainty, even evil villains, and we survived. In the new year, dedicate yourself to being your own superhero, pushing through fear and panic and saving the day.
I desperately needed to make changes in my life. I craved a healthier life with more financial freedom. But my fear of change prevented the former and professional setbacks created the latter. I felt stuck and lost, in need of rescue from the stifling comfort zone I found myself trapped in. Everything I needed to transform was on the other side of this comfort zone, but getting to the other side was a whole other story. Steadily gathering the strength of mind and body to snatch myself out of the dangerous grasp of my own complacency turned out to be my superpower, and when I discovered the power of my faith, consistency, and determination, I became my own superhero and rescued myself.
Read more about how ZORA writer Shanita Hubbard saved her own life in the essay below:
