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It sucks when you feel like a disappointment. Like a failure. Like a fuckup. 

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Calm down because you haven’t done anything wrong. Maybe you’ve spent years chasing after the wrong person. Or maybe you’ve spent years majoring in something you’re not interested in pursuing anymore. But that doesn’t mean you screwed up.

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Forgive yourself for failing to reach your own personal expectations. Forgive yourself for taking longer to reach certain goals than you had hoped. Forgive yourself for feeling like you could have done more.

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You feel fatigued all the time because you’re juggling with work, school, chores, family, relationships, self-care, and trying to make your artistic dream come true.

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So, to you who feel like you’re a failure because you’re not this or that or whatever: slow down.

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Your success might take longer to reach, but it might also last for longer. 

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Comparing yourself to others is bad – but comparing yourself to ‘past you’ could be worse.

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw.

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Above all, the thing I find the most helpful when I feel defeated is to remember the previous time I felt like this.