Webster tells us that perseverance is:
to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement, [or banged shins, broken wrists, strained muscles, sore hands, pure exhaustion, mental numbness, tired babies, running out of tape, running out of boxes, piles of trash and undesirables, pouring rain and no internet]
Ok, so I […]