Falling For The Hockey Captain
"I'm sorry you're dealing with this."
"I keep thinking about what Ingrid said," I admit. "That my current program feels familiar now. Like everything I built this year has some kind of expiration date."
"That's not what she meant, though, right?" Chase asks gently. "Sounds more like she thinks you're capable of something even better, not that what you built wasn't good enough."
I consider that, some of the anxious spiral easing slightly at the reframe. "Maybe," I admit. "It's hard to hear it that way in the moment, though."