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Introduction
I am a huge Harry Potter fan. I have read all the books and seen all the movies, and I even imagined myself dressed up as Hermione Granger for Halloween. When I found out that J. K. Rowling wrote the first book in a coffee shop near my home, I had to go see for myself. While visiting her local coffee shop, The Elephant House, there was one thing that struck me: it seemed like every person in Edinburgh knew her story of failure turned into success! How could this be? Well, let me tell you…
She broke up with her boyfriend.
Rowling was in a relationship with a man named Neil Murray, who she dated from 1989 to 1990. After they broke up, Rowling was devastated and depressed for months.
She had a new baby daughter.
When Rowling was in her twenties, she had a baby daughter. Her daughter Jessica was born in 1990. In an interview with David Letterman on his show, Rowling told the audience that she wrote the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone while her daughter was napping.
She was on government assistance.
You may not be familiar with J. K. Rowling’s story, so let’s take it from the beginning.
She was on government assistance at one point in her life. She was on food stamps, disability, and social security for several months when she first started writing Harry Potter after finishing college with no job prospects and an unborn child to support herself and her family.
She suffered from depression.
They diagnosed her with clinical depression, and she began taking anti-depressants. The medication helped her mood to improve within a matter of weeks. She then started therapy sessions, which made her even more positive about the future. However, when asked if these treatments were “the only way forward” for other people suffering from depression, Rowling replied: “Well obviously I don’t think that it should be seen as any sort of stigma at all because I think people who suffer from mental illness should be treated with the same respect and care as anybody else who has an illness or physical disability.”
She also shared that she didn’t want to define herself by her condition: “I don’t want to be defined by my illness”.
Her mother died.
In her twenties, Rowling was a single parent working on government assistance. She suffered from depression, and her mother died of multiple sclerosis.
Failure is inevitable, but success is not.
Failure is inevitable, but success is not. Failure does not have to be the opposite of success.
Failure is temporary and can help you achieve your goals. Success is permanent and will make you feel good about yourself after your hard work pays off in the end!
Conclusion
J. K. Rowling is a great example of someone who failed, but never gave up. She faced many challenges in her life and we hope others can learn from her inspirational story as well!
