For The Women Who Take Up Too Much Space
The truth is, deep down, I know that I am a lot. But what it took me so long to realize was that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
The truth is, deep down, I know that I am a lot. But what it took me so long to realize was that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Throughout all of the crazy twists and turns and ups and downs of my twenties, I wouldn’t be standing here today, the changed person I am, without all of those experiences over the last decade.
Type 1: Even when you step out of line morally, you’re still quick to judge others harshly, and you don’t care if you’re being hypocritical about it.
I’d like to validate Millennial feelings just a bit here by saying that most of these issues aren’t entirely our fault.
Know that if you try to keep a secret from your woman, it will eventually come out. And when it does, her trust in you will be violated — good luck coming back from that one.
I lacked the self-worth I needed to walk away. I lacked the confidence to know that I deserved better. I let embarrassment and self-doubt get the best of me.
It sucks when people assume you’re too strong and independent to get hurt by a casual hookup — or when they simply don’t care whether you get hurt.
Harboring resentment and hurt after our relationship ended did nothing to move my life forward. It didn’t help me heal sooner or forget him more.
The worst part about all this is that I am mad at myself for letting you have this effect on me. I’m mad that I think about everything that we have been through and yet didn’t realize all the red flags as they were happening.
It’s entirely possible to achieve success in your career and success in your relationship. You don’t have to choose one over the other — at least, not when you’re with the right person.
Because I am eager to make my own money, build a life, and support myself, I am “trying to prove something”. If I were a man, I would simply be surviving.
Every human on this planet is just trying to figure this world out. Through the tears and the grinding, having that one friend can be the most comforting thing in the world.
After three years of not seeing you and one year of not speaking to you, I felt such a sense of relief to hear your voice over voicemail.
As life attempts to knock you down, I shall always be there to build you back up. A hand will always be waiting to pull you up, brush you off, and pass you the instrument you need to win.
It is okay to make mistakes — it’s our way of learning and improving at something.
You have to continue putting in the effort, even when it feels like it’s getting you nowhere.
The scramble to be with you kept me on my toes. It kept life exciting. As we grew apart, that buzz turned into desperation. I just couldn’t keep doing it anymore.
Whether you chose the single life to focus on your career, your hobbies, your mental health, or just falling in love with yourself, making the jump into the hot mess we call “dating” in 2019 is a Big Move.
You left me with a greater appreciation for life, a greater expansion of love, and a greater peace of mind.
It’s okay to have a heart that cares, cries, and moves on. It’s okay to have a heart that one day understands everything and the next day understands nothing.
Don’t hold yourself back because you feel like you’re already behind, like you already lost your chance at happiness, like there’s no hope for you.
I was moderating a panel recently that was meant to give high school students advice before they go off to college. Almost all of the panelists gave tips that boiled down to, “Don’t worry.”
I had experienced a loss that was so profound, so beyond the scope of anything I was prepared to handle, and anger was my default emotion. I understood anger and I knew how to feel it.
Visit a psychic and have your tarot cards read, your aura read, or your palms read.
ARIES: They aren’t good at expressing their emotions. They show affection for people they care about by teasing them.
Aquarius: You have to honestly believe it’s worth it before you’re willing to let those words come out of your mouth- and it can be challenging to do even then.
I told him I was bad with directions so he drew me a map showing me the way to his heart and told me that if I ever get lost, he can be home.
It has provided me with interactions that have hugely impacted me. But has it helped discover my soul? Definitely not.
I’m slowly learning how to let that fear go; the fear of shaking my stability, the fear of things falling apart, the fear of short-lived happiness, the fear of the low after the high.
Even though it hurts now, one day, a month, a couple of months or a year later, you’ll wake up (or you’ll take a break from studying) and suddenly, you’ll be alright, too.