Lewis Howes

it makes even the challenging seasons feel more meaningful and more manageable.

Because when you know why you're here, the how becomes much easier to navigate.

When my football career ended, I broke my wrist playing arena football and I just felt broken because that was my purpose.

It was like,

I am an athlete.

I'm going to go play professional football.

This was my whole life's mission to be a professional athlete.

So imagine you spend 15 years from the moment you can remember the dream of being a professional athlete.

You spend your life wanting something.

You'll get a small taste of it.

I didn't play in the NFL.

I played in the arena football league, but I got paid to catch a football.

And I was like...

Man, I'm living the dream.

Even though I was only making 250 bucks a week, I was so happy because I was doing what I felt I was meant to do.

So when I broke my wrist and I was in a cast for six months, full-arm cast in this position, sleeping on my sister's couch for a year and a half with no money, three credit cards, student loan debt, and unsure of who I was in the world or the future I was creating.

It was a scary, daunting time for me.

At moments, I pretended to be happy.

I pretended to be a happy person and told people, I'll figure it out.

I'll be okay.