“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dear Protagonist,

If you are reading this, you have already endured much hardship on your journey. At this important juncture, you are faced with a choice; go back or proceed. I am assuming you would like to proceed.

The thought of proceeding into the dark forest can be terrifying. There is no map, trail, or guide and yet you stand firm and brave enough to go forth despite knowing there is uncertainty and danger.

This guide is the trail I blazed for myself, and yours will most likely look different. I intend for this to be more of a tool than a complete and exact step by step guide of how to recreate your life as these are not linear steps.

We each must follow our own path through the forest, but know there will be friendly faces along the way to assist. Every person’s journey is unique and the experiences you have will not follow the progression of someone else. Skip parts, jump around, and claim your story.

My recommendation is to review the entire course first, gather whatever resources come to mind, add extra steps or skip over them where necessary. Your journey is going to require you to surrender, be flexible, slow down, continue to be persistent, resilient, patient, and most of all, exercise continual forgiveness of yourself and others.