A couple months before my 30th birthday, my life was in an all-time low, as I found myself starting from scratch again. Fresh break up, no friends, new job and staying with my mom to save for my own apartment. This is not what I thought 30 would look like. How did I get here?
From abusive relationships to debt, depression, anxiety, figuring out my sexuality & so much more. My twenties were rough, but nobody knew, because I spent the entire time living 2 lives. The façade of having everything figured out, doing all the things and living a life other people admired. And the internal reality that I felt as if I was living someone else’s life. No one really knew ME and everyday ended with the hope I wouldn’t wake up in the morning.
I spent more than a decade ignoring my intuition and sacrificing my identity to fit the mold of who I thought I should be. Continually undervaluing myself and overvaluing everything else. All because I believed I was NOT ENOUGH.
After 3 decades of living for everyone but myself and looking externally for acceptance and validation; I was done. This was my life, & I was going to live it for me. I ditched the expectations, the advice, and the opinions. I stopped hiding who I was and accepted my past. I started doing the things I wanted to do and felt right for me and my life, not the status quo.
2 years later, I was there. Genuinely happy and living the life I always dreamed of but never thought was possible. Great job, dream apartment, awesome friends who all know the real me, lots of travels and adventures; I could go on and on. It's crazy what doors open when you accept who you are and start living for yourself!