In 2018, Stand Up

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Stand up from a relationship that makes you second guess things. Stand up from a relationship that belittles you and your dreams. Stand up from a relationship that does not support you. Stand up from a relationship that stresses you.Stand up from a relationship that adds up to your anxiety. Stand up from a relationship that gives you bruises instead of kiss marks. Stand up from a relationship that gives you panic attacks instead of butterflies in your stomach.

Stand up and leave from an unhealthy relationship. Because that is not what you deserve. Because it is time. Because it is 2018. Because there will be so many chances that 2018 has in store for you at love. You would not want to miss the better love the future has for you by sitting with a relationship you thought was the best.

Stand up from a friendship that breathes in and spits out gossip. Stand up from a friendship that belittles you and your accomplishments. Stand up from a friendship that once betrayed you. Stand up from a friendship that history told you to clung into. Stand up from a friendship that mocks your failures.

Stand up from a friendship that claps on your struggles instead of your successes.

Stand up from a friendship that invalidates your pain instead of empathizing. Stand up from a friendship that calls you as an attention-seeker instead of answering your call for help. Stand up and leave from a friendship that is not making you grow in all aspects of life. Because that is not what you deserve. Because it is time. Because it is 2018. Because there will be so many people that 2018 will leave at your doorstep knocking for your time and loyalty. You would not want to miss the better friend that the future has for you by drinking coffee with a friend you thought was the best. 

Stand up from the career that drains you. Stand up from a job that does not put a smile on your face the minute you step in the office. Stand up from the career that steals your whole life. Stand up from a job that does not meet your financial goals.

Stand up from a career that adds up to your emotional baggage instead of your travel luggage.

Stand up from a job you hate. Stand up from a career that doesn’t feel right. Stand up from a job that does not make you feel fulfilled. Stand up – AND leave – from the career that makes you feel not hardworking enough, not appreciated enough, and not compensated enough. Because, enough. That is not what you deserve. Because it is time. Because it is 2018. Because there will be an appreciative boss and engaging workplace that 2018 will let your passionate heart experience.

This 2018, please stand up.

Stand up from the demons inside your head. Stand up from the negativity it murmurs.

Stand up from the fear you had in yourself. Stand up from the doubts it delivers. Stand up from the pain of 2017.

Most importantly, stand up from that chair, from that couch, from that bed – of impatience, of procrastination, and of sorrows. Because you will not accomplish all the good things of this new year if you will not stand up from those that ruin the dreams of your 2017.