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I’m not going to push my own needs to the side in order to make room for you. I’m not going to sacrifice my dreams in the name of love. I’m not going to allow a relationship to come in between me and my standards.

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If you really want to work on loving yourself, if you really want to start treating yourself as a priority, then you have to accept you might lose some people along the way.

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You have to accept that sometimes, even when people love you, they won’t be able to be present in your life as much as you would like.

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Make yourself the priority that you deserve. 

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It may seem contradictory but putting yourself first can work wonders in your relationships.

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I thought that when I told him
I’m here
he’d jump in his car and race to see me
but he didn’t
he barely wrote me back.

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I want you to know that you can always choose yourself. I want you always to choose yourself first.

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As early as a year ago, I couldn’t tell you what my life stood for.

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Breathe. Seriously. Just breathe.

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You get a chance to relax for a change. He will plan dates. He will pick restaurants. He will send the first text (and double texts). He will do half of the work.