I've been watching movies lately instead of scrolling through YouTube. I found this movie tonight called The One I Love. Had me thinking of alternate versions of ourselves. I definitely believe in this concept because I've lost and found myself many times in my life. It seems like people like me better at the version I am now. The more grounded, peaceful me. I do miss the old me who was more charismatic and dressed more well um definitely. The new me just wants to feel comfy doesn't really want to stand out. Someone did notice me though. He asked me if I played checkers, which I found odd. I'd never spoke to this person to which I said "no why?" He then said "I don't know its just how you carry yourself like you have some special skill. I looked at him with a confused face. He then said "Do you paint?" I said yes and the convo went on about what I paint. But how could he see me, who I was? Its not like I was wearing a sign on me saying I have some special skill. I was just wearing sweat pants and a Tshirt of a cat wearing sunglasses, sipping coffee with the words standing on business.

Hello everyone 🌱 as a former people-pleaser, I have to share with you one thought that came to me in the recent morning. So every morning, I do a little of my morning pages (usually part of my gratitude or just a brain dump). And as I was doing the gratitude recentely, besides the classic phrases, I started to be grateful for me. Simply for my way of being. and It was a little different type of gratitude, it felt (finally) like pure love, like I was no longer judging myself whatsoever. Instead of basic self-evaluation that I would feel few years back on daily basis, I felt support and deep acceptance of myself. And I realised that the reason I felt like that, was the beauty of taking ACTION for me. Not for my parents, not for my friends, not for haters, not for my mentor, not for anyone crossing by the street that I'm now looking at. No one else but me. You literally give out a different type of frequency once you do things that make sense to YOU. You literally glow. and so my morning realisation led me to give you this message - certainly, as each of us is little different, we might trigger genuine self love and self-acceptance different way (I'd love to hear from you what triggers your selflove🥹) - but...just in case...if you got caught In the daily rush of life, doing things for external validation, to make sure people and your closest ones are proud or at least not disappointed, I want to remind you that no one else is as close and as loyal to you as YOU. And you, truly, you, matter first. and this person deserves the love first. Self-love is actually a self less act. and I love seeing people daring to love themselves first.💕 I'm curious, have you been distant from your self-love recently?

Overthinking was one of the biggest things holding me back, but I had it completely wrong. I thought it meant I was having too many thoughts. That is not actually true. I was not thinking any more thoughts than anyone else. The real issue was that I was too attached to my thoughts. A negative thought or limiting belief would enter my mind, I would pour energy into it, and before I knew it I was overwhelmed, dysregulated, and stuck on the hamster wheel of my own mind. The thing that changed everything was learning to see thoughts as things. Just objects passing through my awareness, like my phone, my shirt, or my car. I started observing the thought, letting it go, and returning to what actually mattered. The more I practiced that, the easier it became to stay present and focused.

I feel super weird. Like I moved to a new city like 7 months ago and I’ve been super exhausted making friends Like I dont want this to be a reality, but I felt like 90% of my guy friends would eventually sabotage me and so I don’t have that many friends. I feel like dating feels strategic when I’m kind of just being me. Idk. Maybe others go through this too. I’ve been struggling with this for a while, just had some courage to talk about it. Interested to see your thoughts

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