You must believe in yourself. Believe in your journey and that you will reach the finish line. Sports fans often exhibit strong beliefs in their teams and their team’s success, no matter what their prior record. Whatever your own history is, it does not forecast your future. Each day, each run, is a fresh start. Each class, each assignment, each exam, is a fresh start.
Have faith that you can do it, you will survive, and maybe you will even thrive in your journey. Remember: you are good enough. Think of what inspired you to start or continue on your journey. You don’t have to be perfect all the time.
When I signed up to run the New York Marathon, I hadn’t figured out every detail – what hotel I would stay at, where I would eat the night before, my transportation to New York, my transportation to the start line, etc. I also didn’t know how I was going to raise the money I needed for the charity I was running for. Then on top of all those logistics, I didn’t know how I was going to run 26.2 miles. But I believed it would all work out and it did! My belief helped me each mile, especially the miles toward the end. My belief that I could run the marathon never wavered throughout my training or the race, although I didn’t know what it would look like or exactly how it would go. It takes a lot of focus and energy to believe, but it is critically important.
During law school, you may have doubts along your journey, but keep the faith that you can do it. You wouldn’t be in law school if you couldn’t. Don’t underestimate the power of believing in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself than others won’t either.
Don’t let others limit you and don’t limit yourself. A woman ran her first marathon at 81. She said the good thing about being that old is that when people said she was crazy or shouldn’t run it, she pretended not to be able to hear them.