“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
— Anna Quindlen
So here I am, peeling back some layers.
The layers have slowly been coming off for some time, and without doubt, I'm going to have days and probably weeks where I put a layer or two back on. But it's a process.
I'm learning that striving for the illusion of 'being what you think you should be able to be' (ultimately based on other people's ideas) really only leaves you in a place that is harmful to your own self worth. I'm working to give that away and to instead embrace me for who I am.
Life is too short to live any other way.
