Solana Pasqual
I hope you find these messages as helpful as I did!
I think that we often forget that we can choose ourselves. We get so wrapped up in the infinite possibilities that our lives can hold that we forget about the only common denominator that we will ever have. So, if you find yourself unable to choose, choose yourself. See where you take you.
We are all probably at really trying parts in our lives, and it can be really easy to fall into a stream of thoughts focused on what did not happen. It is okay to mourn the lives and the opportunities and the people you missed out on becoming this year. It is also okay to try and move on. And it’s okay to be somewhere in the middle.
I found this a particularly helpful way of looking at life. Sometimes, we don’t have the capacity or time to inspect all our negative or confusing emotions, and it may be unrealistic to expect ourselves to be able to do this in the near future. However, the good news is that you are still in control of how you react to what happens inside and around you.
This doesn’t release you from the responsibility of taking control of your life, but it’s comforting to believe that you can do your best, and trust that, eventually, everything will work out.
Hustle culture has conditioned us to believe that rest is an inherently unproductive, and unnatural, state of being. However, for there to be work, there must be rest. So, if you are in need of a break, here’s your sign to take it. The world will wait for you.
I have found these last couple of weeks to be particularly difficult and daunting. I think that it is important to be able to acknowledge, accept, and apply, the idea that sometimes, we’re empty cups. Sometimes, we need to refill before we can share ourselves with others.
Most of us have an idea in our heads of what it will look like when we finally have achieved everything we set out to do. This’ll be an impossible task, because the list should never end. I also think that we have this idea that there will be a point in time where we’ll have life figured out, and when we’ll be organized and confident in ourselves. Whether or not this happens, show up in the meantime anyways. Just as you are.
Going out of your comfort zone isn’t always climbing the mountain or jumping off the cliff. Sometimes, comfort zones consist of the small habits that you know are holding you back. Pay attention to them.
This message has been one of my greatest motivators. It’s also important to note that you don’t need to dedicate the same amount of time and effort to your goals every day. The smallest step forward is still a step.
It can be really stressful to be restricted to small spaces and lifestyles, even if you’re sharing them with the loves of your life. And the more you get to know each other, the easier it becomes to be less-than-kind people sometimes. I think it’s important to realize that you will get hurt, and you will also do the hurting. It doesn’t mean that you’re not a kind and good person deserving of love.
Trust the process. And most importantly, trust yourself.
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