There was a time in my life when I tried to fix everything at once.
If something was broken, I attacked it.
If I fell behind, I rushed harder.
If I felt pressure, I doubled down.
And most of the time, that led me right back into chaos.
What I’m learning now — the hard way, the slow way, the mature way — is that real rebuilding isn’t loud. It’s layered.
Right now my focus is simple:
- Stay solid in recovery.
- Take care of my shoulder and knee.
- Keep working.
- Keep growing.
- Keep my peace.
School will come.
Career growth will come.
Financial wins will come.
But I’m not forcing anything anymore.
In the past, I would’ve tried to juggle school, recovery, injuries, stress, and everything else at the same time — convincing myself that “grind mode” was strength.
It wasn’t strength.
It was fear.
Fear of being behind.
Fear of not catching up.
Fear of not being enough.
Now I understand something different.
You don’t rebuild a house by decorating it first.
You fix the foundation.
My foundation is:
- Sobriety.
- Mental health.
- Physical health.
- Faith.
If those are steady, everything else can be built safely on top.
Psalm 127:1 — “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.”
I used to build on my own timeline.
My own pressure.
My own ego.
Now I’m letting God build it in order.
That means patience.
That means swallowing pride.
That means accepting that progress doesn’t always look impressive.
But it feels peaceful.
And peace is something I used to chase in all the wrong ways.
I’m not behind.
I’m building correctly.
There’s a difference.
If you’re in a season where it feels slow, where you’re tempted to rush everything at once — maybe it’s not delay.
Maybe it’s foundation work.
And foundation work is holy work.
— Josh Bridges
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