Girls with Oiled Skin | Deana Lawson
LIFE/STYLE
I’m not great at acknowledging my accomplishments. There’s something in my brain that says that if I do, I will somehow stop wanting to accomplish things?
Part of me really does want to stop. What’s the point of accomplishing if you’re not really enjoying what you accomplish because you’re afraid of what that might mean?
My body is telling me to slow down right now. Do Less.
My accomplishment engine really doesn’t like this. My Ivy League achiever personality, the push-push part of me. The grind, strive, it’s never enough part is protesting. LOUDLY.
It’s messing with my adrenals and keeping me from a good night’s sleep.
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I say all of this to say: be kinder to yourself. Model it for me, so I can learn from you.
I am trying to teach myself. I am trying to listen to what my Spirit is saying.
She wants me to slow down. Do way, way less. The part of me that wants a simpler life—this newly-budding part of me is really, really, excited about that.
Entering a new phase can be hard sometimes. Other times, it happens without us knowing we’re already in it.
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