we're addicted to being perceived
i think most of us have created a version of ourselves in our heads that we want other people to see.
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your self-awareness can be self-sabotage
i think people have become a little too impressed with the idea of being self-aware.
no more daddy's little girl
when i was eight years old, i learnt that my body could be the reason someone didn’t love me.
the freedom of forgiveness
i think we’ve been taught to misunderstand forgiveness.
learn to love the mundane
i think one of the biggest lies we’ve been sold is that an ordinary life is somehow a disappointing one.
don't live through other people's eyes
one of the most exhausting ways to live is to experience your life through everyone else’s reactions to it.
when people have already decided who you are
one of the most exhausting things you can experience is trying to explain yourself to someone who has already made up their mind about you.
no one talks about grieving friendships
one of the hardest parts of reaching adulthood is realising that not everything grows with you.
empathy burnout: when caring about everyone starts costing you yourself
if you’ve always been an empathetic person, you probably don’t even question it most of the time.
the way people stay inside you
i’ve been thinking about how strange it is that we don’t really stay the same person we were a few years ago.