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I wasn’t paying attention to me or my needs or my happiness, I was just surviving on making him happy. 

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Seeking validation from the outside is not a good idea.

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Don’t give up on yourself.

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You were never weak. To be raw is real.

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If you’re anything like most people, the idea of making a substantial life decision gives you a great deal of anxiety.

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What’s “meant to be” doesn’t happen on its own. Sometimes you have to fight like hell for it.

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Here you are. The one I have waited so long for. The one I wasn’t even sure existed.

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You cannot be a self-hating person and expect to build a loving, healthy life. 

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And that is most the beautiful thing about living and growing and getting older and wiser, filling in the pieces to your own puzzle.

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Your glow up might not be something others can see. It might not come across as a shift on the surface.