A lot of us look at achieving our dreams and goals as something far off in the future... As something that’s going to require us to become someone else in order to reach them. And we consciously, or otherwise, delay them for when we’re “good enough,” “smart enough,” “strong enough,” etc., instead of looking at what we can do now to inch closer. We end up stuck in judgment and inadequacy, never moving toward what we want for ourselves; and because of that, we end up affirming

⋆⋆ In this post, I share parts of my story that include trauma, abuse, and mental health struggles. If these themes feel tender for you right now, I invite you to read with support or return when it feels right. ⋆⋆ Five Years Ago I Started Over. I was at the peak of my first major awakening when the life I had built - the one I thought I was supposed to want - collapsed under the weight of my truth. I was raised in an evangelical household, and it was everything you’d expect

Trusting the process and timing of things.