It is
important to understand that with grit, it isn't about how difficult the
challenge is you face or how many challenges you face or how long a challenge
lasts, it is all about your personal willingness to succeed through the muck.
And nobody can define your muck. What may be a huge challenge for one person
may not register as a challenge for another.
I personally
would define ‘grit’ in the same way in which I would define “Moxy”. As a spirit
of defiance, in which no amount of failings can deter one from achieving a set
goal or mission.
I say it in this way, because I’m
always telling myself that, that is what I need more of. Moxy. I need more Moxy.
More tenacity! More drive and passion for something almost beyond reason! A
passion so strong, that no amount of backlashing can put it in its place!
But when I compare the two
phrasings. Grit becomes to me, more of a survival skill. I feel now, that grit
is like Moxy’s gentler cousin. The one that gives her a purpose for her
eccentric guts and stubborn spunk.
Without both, it’s rather hard to
continue in spite of hard times. And a passion, or strong enthusiasm/desire for
something, is the only way I know to get it!
For me, I believe this will be crucial
for me to maintain, while attending school online. As I really do not have a
solid support group at home. Living alone, I would liken to… being stranded on
a space station. You get weekly phone/video conferences from home, and an
update or two here and there… but in the end, your still alone up there…
A study done by a health organization
in London stated, “Loneliness and social isolation are harmful to our health: research shows that lacking social
connections can be as damaging to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day!” (Sheet, 2015) .
Social isolation for me, is probably
one of the biggest emotional triggers to my depression. And some days, I often
feel I’ve become rather… almost physically sick from it! From the isolation.
Until I talk to someone. Usually a neighbor or someone who I can mildly relate
to in some way. And then it’s almost like you have the strength to continue on
for a bit longer before getting sick from it again.
However, I also feel that this
feeling… this… sickness of isolation… has become my driving active ‘grit’,
constantly pushing me forward. To get to where I want to be. To make it back
home, in the case of the astronaut analogy.
For some, they spend their entire
career not knowing or understanding what they are passionate about. For others,
it is as clear as day and serves as a clear beacon in an otherwise foggy career
path. It is this passion that often leads to success. (Crawford,
2012) .
And so even as isolation and
depression are my greatest flaws, perhaps. They are also my inherent “grit” for
achieving my goals in the academic world. And my passion to aid others, may be
a greater motivating force in continuing through my future work and career
despite the hard times.
References
Crawford, T. (2012, January 24). Motivation And
Work Ethics: Passion Fuels the Engine. Retrieved from Avoa: https://avoa.com/2012/01/24/motivation-and-work-ethics-passion-fuels-the-engine/
Sheet, F. (2015). Mental Health Impact of
Loneliness & Social Isolation. London: Public Health - Havering
London Borough. Retrieved from
https://www3.havering.gov.uk/Documents/Public-health/PH/docs/Mental-Health.pdf
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