A Little Note To My Younger Self, You Are Not Your Past
Nothing in your past has stopped you; not the boy who broke your heart, not that rejection from your dream college, not that sport-career-ending injury, not the weight loss or the weight gain
Nothing in your past has stopped you; not the boy who broke your heart, not that rejection from your dream college, not that sport-career-ending injury, not the weight loss or the weight gain
Positive or not, the “body positive” movement still focuses on our bodies. Our looks. Our exterior.
He could be a master manipulator, a man raised by lying and cheating parents, or someone who lacks all the important morals normal humans have.
It wasn’t easy. There were far too many nights where your chains wore heavy on me and took control of every choice I made.
Happiness is now a mindful and ever evolving way of life that rewards me for being my most genuine version of me.
Do what you do, love what you love, and don’t change it because it’s the “cool” thing to do.
It’s our natural instinct as humans to find quick solutions to our problems, or to do whatever we need to in order to feel good or reduce the stress we’re feeling.
Anxiety is real and it is painful