A gem I mastered in highschool

There is communicating and there’s communicating appropriately

Whew! I know I am weird. In highschool my adolescence was on the pick, I mean it was for most of us. 

I wanted to be a model. My self esteem wasn’t pretty much in the pits. I was very timid though. So that just went away like that.

I learnt how to communicate appropriately in high school. There is communicating and there’s communicating appropriately which pretty much involves listening and paying attention to non verbal cues.

I know it’s a never ending process, but I’m glad I started mastering that while I was in highschool.  Pretty late to some and pretty early to others but I’m just grateful that I mastered it while in highschool.

I am not perfect at it, but I try everyday.

Cheers.

Hope everything else will align.

People don’t leave jobs, they leave toxic work places”

My first reaction to the prompt has been a loud laugh, “like hey universe are you spying on me”.

Tomorrow will be my last day at work. I have been nagging here a lot about how toxic my work place is.

Of course quitting hasn’t been an easy decision to arrive at. It gets to a point where you choose your mental health and hope everything else will align.

I appreciate the growth. But noo, I wouldn’t be leaving if I loved my job.

Ps I loooove my career, it’s the workplace that has been the issue.

Cheers.

🌷Dear teenage me

What advice would you give to your teenage self?

You are blooming.

You are skinny and tall. A good number of people are vouching for you to get into modeling.

Your body is your greatest insecurity though. Not by choice, but from all the things you’ve been told by bullies.

Somehow, all those comments get to you and you lose your sense of worth. Wild insecurities develop.

So hey sugar bun, I know at such a tender age you have no tools at all to help you walk yourself into the journey of self-love. This is what we are going to do though. We are going to be entirely comfortable in our skin.

I am aware that you are so timid and you can’t stand up for yourself against those bullies, but here’s what we are going to do, we aren’t going to let their mean words get to us. I know that might be hard but we are going to try.

Something else we are going to do is, we aren’t going to try and be the person we aren’t just to fit in with the cool kids . We are going to be unapologetically ourselves because that will be a clear road map to genuine self love.

Confidence hun, don’t let anyone mess with your crown you are a whole fairy. I mean you are a dream.

I have a long list of things we are supposed to do, but let me just finish with this one. We are going to allow ourselves to be in our teen era and just thrive at it. We have no business being anxious about what the future holds for us at this age, c’mon hun we’ve only been here for two minutes. So we might as well just relax and allow ourselves to be.

I want you to remember that your body isn’t an aesthetic. Your face isn’t an aesthetic either. You are entirely perfect the way you are. Bloom so hard in your pink girl era.🌷💖

My gems

Who are your favorite people to be around?

I consider myself extremely lucky.

I have a bunch of awesome people in my life.

I am not ready to start writing about my mom now. She’s my literal heart that one. See those people you sit around with in silence, and the silence still feels extremely wholesome. She is my favorite human.

But yeah I have a bunch of other awesome people in my life. I can talk to my boyfriend for days. Our conversations usually revolve around weird topics with some much depth.

I am a weirdo, so I appreciate all the weirdos, that’s my tribe. Those are my favs. 😅

Cheers.