Well, I'll tell you what a MC I've gone to told me. You have to determine that timeline now. Are you willing to go 6 months and then call it quits if there is no positive movement? If things don't look better in 3, will you quit? Decide now, and move toward that "goal." If you can't get to a point where you feel good about things by that point, whatever you decide that is, then you've done everything you can!
I've decided already, that I will wait forever for my wife. Does it suck not having her with me? Well, you know the answer to that.
But look at anything else you've wanted to accomplish. How long did you work at a new skill, a talent, a hobby, anything else? I've been trying to get better at golf for 10 years now. I keep working at it, it's frustrating some days (however today I ended par, par, birdie, par, so I'm feeling pretty good ) and good other days. But I don't quit. How much more important is my M, and my W, and my S??? Infinitely more important.
Shoot, yesterday, I got frustrated that my W hasn't called me yet since our last meeting. But I let the feelings just be there, acknowledged them, and let them go. I'm great today! I'll be better when I'm back with my W and S! They will be better when they're back with me.
Keep your eye on the prize Catfan, determine what your timeframe is, and stay the course. You'll be awesome!
We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory - we are creatures of our thinking.
3/31/07 - Hit with a brick, leaving the dent there...