sometimes in life, we give up too easily. flew with dopey today and he reminded me of a valuable lesson that i have somehow forgotten. sometimes i just try too hard to be perfect, and when things dont turn out the way i expect it to be, i feel lost. it's been like this all my life.

he said during the debrief: "something has happened, so what? let it go. the fight is in front of u. if u're going for a target and ur wingman got shot down along the way, do u stop? no. u see, the aerobatic team continues to fly even though 1 of their members crashed. that's life."

kinda meaningful i feel.