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Rainy's avatar

“I want to forgive myself for staying too long in places that didn’t deserve me”……

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Nicole's avatar

This is the exact feeling I have had lately with no feelings to put to it. Thank you for sharing your heart and wisdom. You deserve love and peace. 🖤

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Kesha's avatar

🩹 ❤

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Eve Pigeon's avatar

A quiet rebellion against who I had to be, and a soft return to who I really am. -beautiful

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-POI.'s avatar

The appreciation of bits.

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des ᥫ᭡.'s avatar

“i want to exist without performing.” A WORD!!!

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Bex's avatar

I’ve never cried so hard reading something. I just deleted my social media apps and I’m sitting in silence now. Outside listening to birds. Feeling the breeze crying as I read this… it’s like you know me. 🥹 thank you for this.

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CaitieCritiques's avatar

I spend my whole day debating if I should follow my dream to live in Italy while getting my masters. I needed to see this. Even if that’s not exactly my answer, I know where I’m at isn’t good for me.

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willow ᓚᘏᗢ's avatar

i want nothing more than to leave the country and live a life of stillness and peace. i want to walk around and go to shops where i know the workers because i chose to know them and not have to be force into conversation because i went to school with the cashier. i want to update my family when i chose to and not because it is so expected from me

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Exordium Ad Risum Purum's avatar

At this point, this is both my roman empire and my dream

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Courtni Poe's avatar

reading this made me feel seen for the first time in my life

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H_prisca's avatar

This found me exactly when I needed it, a time of uncertainty for me, wanting to slow down but feeling unready to. I must say reading the whole piece out loud gave me a kind of power I never thought I could find at a moment I where I feel so powerless and pushed to a corner, at a time where I feel so less than and yet feel capable of so much more.

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jace ⋆.✮'s avatar

wow, this couldn’t have been more accurate. we truly live in such a performative world now, and everyone is pulling an act one way or another. this was such a kind and gentle reminder that’s it’s okay to not be okay and to need to slow down amidst the business of it all. hugs to everyone who found comfort in this article too 🫂

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Precious's avatar

I feel so seen😭

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Nishka's avatar

You know, in your soul, when it’s time to go!

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MM's avatar

This is where I’m currently at right now. This is how I’m feeling exactly, being more intentional with myself and my decisions and how I treat myself while teaching others how to treat me too.

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