Put the phone away. Focus on the moment. You spent the last 4 weeks building up to this. Enjoy every bit of it.
There are no lost causes. There is giving up on causes. But there are no lost causes. The Lost Cause does not become the problem anymore, it becomes you, not willing to figure a way out.
Go outside, run as fast as you can. Then, without planning, spin around as fast as you can and go in the complete opposite direction. What happens? Someone who is a runner might navigate the change well, turn and go, ready for the next challenge. Someone who is an occasional runner might have to slow down, lose momentum, and work to catch up. Someone who isn’t a runner might stop, or possibly fall over, question…
If you can feel it coming at you, that is good, that’s the push, that’s the drive you need to keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t give up. Turn into it, face the wind, and move forward. Don’t get glide, coasting is for the week, push on. You’re so close.
Of course you can, it’s just hard to do. You can always improve, but it’s going to take more effort. The problem with going faster is that it takes energy, push, and a willingness to fail when you might already be succeeding. And who wants to go from feeling great to now feeling like they are starting over again by stumbling along? But don’t doubt yourself, you can, always go faster.