Double Down

"To hell with luck, I'll bring the luck with me."
- Ernest Hemingway

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Eliza Sanderson

I wasn't always unfortunate.

At one point, I was thriving.

At least, I think I was.

There were definitely moments throughout my adult life when things went right. But those other times, the moments when things went south were beginning to outweigh the rest.

I started to really question what the hell I was doing with my life.

I was twenty-nine, well educated, and I met all of society's standards that made me physically attractive.

Insert eye roll.

But I was no closer to figuring out what I wanted to do with my life than I was the day that I graduated from college.

I felt like I had stomped on all the pavement that Atlanta had to offer, and I'd covered most of it with no sense of direction.

Then all of a sudden I was knocked off of my feet, right onto my ass.

My compass came in the form of a reality check, which coincidentally also signed my paychecks.

And Mr. Bolthouse did not disappoint.