I'm definitely agreeing with the "make you or break you" part. Same with using those feelings to push you forward. For the most part, I have been able to handle them fairly well. But it's just using them to my advantage that is the tricky part. For example, my mother has gotten on to me multiple times already claiming I'm a failure and "why aren't you doing X like Y is?", etc, etc... It's kind of rough hearing that come from your own mother; someone who's supposed to support you. But oh well. It has gotten me down before but after the first few times of hearing it I quickly got sick of it. While I found it annoying, and still kind of do, I held my tongue. Surprisingly, that has become one of my "fuel sources". The annoyance I feel from that turns into my motivation. I'm 20 years old, I can do something with myself and I'll prove it to her or anyone. It's just the next part that I'm uncertain about. The next step I need to take to get there.
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