keep climbing (you don't really have another choice)

£17.00
My mum put it really well (credits mother): I’ve been climbing a mountain, every step painful and every breath broken, and, after all this time, I’m so nearly at the top. But the issue is I’m too scared to reach the top. Too scared to live a normal, healthy life. Too scared to accept a reality better than the one I’ve been living.
Or maybe more accurately, I’m too scared to be seen at the top. Too scared I’ll be told I don’t deserve it. If I’m climbing a mountain, maybe it gives me an excuse to not act like everyone else. If I’m climbing a mountain, my exhaustion and pain will be understandable. Climbing a mountain gives me a distraction, a way to avoid reality. But, the thing is, I’ve gritted my teeth and made it all the way up here. I’ve screamed and I’ve cried but I’m here. I’m so close to finally living. I’ve made the mistake before of thinking close to living is all I’ll ever have. Made the mistake before to let go - only to slide back down the mountain I’ve worked so hard to ascend.
So fuck it.
If we’re going to do this, if we’re going to finally live, we have to dig our heels in and pull ourselves over. Face the fear of normality, of reality, fight the battle we’ve been working up to and relearn how to live.

Product description:
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
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My mum put it really well (credits mother): I’ve been climbing a mountain, every step painful and every breath broken, and, after all this time, I’m so nearly at the top. But the issue is I’m too scared to reach the top. Too scared to live a normal, healthy life. Too scared to accept a reality better than the one I’ve been living.
Or maybe more accurately, I’m too scared to be seen at the top. Too scared I’ll be told I don’t deserve it. If I’m climbing a mountain, maybe it gives me an excuse to not act like everyone else. If I’m climbing a mountain, my exhaustion and pain will be understandable. Climbing a mountain gives me a distraction, a way to avoid reality. But, the thing is, I’ve gritted my teeth and made it all the way up here. I’ve screamed and I’ve cried but I’m here. I’m so close to finally living. I’ve made the mistake before of thinking close to living is all I’ll ever have. Made the mistake before to let go - only to slide back down the mountain I’ve worked so hard to ascend.
So fuck it.
If we’re going to do this, if we’re going to finally live, we have to dig our heels in and pull ourselves over. Face the fear of normality, of reality, fight the battle we’ve been working up to and relearn how to live.

Product description:
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US