By Farnoosh Brock

Pushing past your limits.
Breaking through your boundaries.
Crushing all barriers in your way to keep the momentum going.

This describes my modus operandi the last few weeks. It’s exhausting, exhilarating … and remarkable as always when I get into these phases. Do you ever feel this way?

I have noticed that I go through these intense phases in my life where I put everything I have – and then some – into the pursuit of what I want, and the stubborn part of me refuses to relent until she has everything she wants. Maybe I take after Lola after all!

I did it back in electrical engineering school, one of the hardest feats of my life to date, and I still remember the ache and exhaustion from working ever so hard, so long, and... More...