Have you ever seen Shakespeare in Love? Jeffrey Rush’s character constantly reassures Shakespeare that everything will work out and Shakespeare constantly asks how this new catastrophe could possibly work out and Jeffrey Rush’s response is always “It’s a mystery”. But it does always work out.

Reading through old journals and past scenarios in my mind, there were countless times I was absolutely sure everything would fall apart. Starting my business, I was sure I would bounce a check or be unable to make rent pretty much every month. I remember wringing my hands about this in a phone call with my grandmother and she said “It’ll work out. It always has.” I was stunned into silence. She was right. It always had.

I am not a particularly religious person but I believe in the good in the world and I am constantly reminding myself to have faith. It’ll work out. It always has.

Faith is hard. Faith in people, faith in myself, faith in systems. It seems harder and harder the older I get. When I find anxiety taking over and that I’m micromanaging everything in my life (e.g. how Boyfriend loads the dishwasher or who is parked at the curb in front of my house, or the specific language my assistant used in an insignificant email), I try to remind myself to have faith in other people. Have faith that things will work out. Have faith that the systems you have in place in your life will work. And if they’re not, have faith that you can improve or replace them and come out the other side.

Have faith. Believe in yourself. It’ll work out.