Maybe dostoevsky was right when he said that pain is the root of consciousness. thereโ€™s something about suffering that forces you to see things clearly, even the parts you wish you could unsee.
Reading as a hobby is a privilege. a luxury even. to have the time, access, and finances to engage in such a wonderful practice and make it a hobby, is in fact, a big privilegeโ€”and a lot of people donโ€™t realize that.
No matter your age, you'll always wish you started younger. But today is the youngest you'll ever be.
Nothing will make you more anxious than avoiding the work you know you need to do. Ironically, doing the work is almost always less stressful than avoiding it. But we convince ourselves itโ€™s the opposite. And that lie costs us progress.
My unpopular opinions: ๐Ÿ“šSociety doesn't want women to be happy. It wants them to be useful. ๐Ÿ“šThink about it: motherhood isn't treated like something sacred; it's more like a strategy. It keeps women exhausted, tied down, emotionally drained, financially dependent... and way too busy to burn the system down. ๐Ÿ“šSo when a woman says: "Yeah, I'm not going to play that role," people don't get angry because she's selfish. They get angry because she's free. ๐Ÿ“šSome of us weren't born to play along. ๐Ÿ“šSome of us were made to question the whole damn system. ๐Ÿ“šWhat's something you were taught to believe about being a "good woman" that you've had to unlearn? I want to hear your story ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
Dear woman ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ’šBe more than just your husband's wife. ๐Ÿ’šBe more than just your children's mother. ๐Ÿ’šBe more than just an Inlaw. ๐Ÿ’šBe, you......an adult beautiful on the inside and out, complete with positive dreams and aspirations that you chase on your journey to self growth and global impact. ๐Ÿ’šBe financially liberated enough to do that which you positively desire without having to wait. ๐Ÿ’šBe enough to support your spouse, be enough to walk away from toxicity. ๐Ÿ’šBe intellectual enough to birth ideas that cannot be pushed aside. Be strong enough to take charge and be relied upon without being taken for granted. Most importantly, be valuable enough that anyone leaving you will be the one losing. ๐Ÿ’šBe, first, you, for you.
Once you decide you want a good life, the universe will start moving things for you to have it. the people you need will appear, the doors you need will open. but not until you decide. once you truly, sincerely decide