It took me a long time to realize that you can do everything right & still end up unhappy. you can say all of the right things, do exactly as you're told, & follow in the footsteps of all the people who swore by their success & their strategy surrounding it, & you can still end up displaced. because you didn't ever choose to simply listen to yourself.
The best thing I ever did for myself was listen to what I actually wanted. I drowned out the guidelines, the advice, the shoulds. & I messed up. I made mistakes that ill never forget. I hurt people I loved & I got hurt. see, self-discovery isn't this comfortable, miraculous thing. it can get ugly, it can get confusing. it's gritty, it's hard. it's challenging to be the person who does things differently., who doesn't settle.
But it's the greatest gift you will ever give yourself. it will push you towards figuring out what your own personal version of happiness looks like, & when you grow on your own terms when you figure out what actually matters to you when you carve out your own path, you live on your own terms. you have always wanted to be rather than the person you were always told to be, & that's beautiful. because life is about making yourself proud on your own terms when it comes down to it. it's about finding happiness that works for you.
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