dulcet

i came across this instagram post, and i thought it’s a friendly reminder for my current (and future) self:

you are allowed to redefine yourself

you are allowed to shift, pivot, and alter your course

you are allowed to develop new opinions, beliefs and ideas

you are allowed to change your mind

you are allowed to take off hats that no longer fit

you are allowed to shake things up

you are allowed to do a 180-degree transition. maybe even 360.

you are allowed to grow and change.

you are allowed to unlearn who you’ve been if it isn’t who you are anymore.

our society doesn’t make much room for change to be okay. we’re so often told to choose, to commit, to stay the couse... we’re told that if we care about something enough, we’ll do whatever it takes to make it work.

sometimes, this is true — sometimes, we *will* do whatever it takes. and... sometimes, we’ll realize it just isn’t for us anymore. we’ll realize there are parts of us we want to let go of and leave behind. we’ll realize we don’t feel the same now as we used to. we’ll realize our ideas and dreams and visions have changed. we’ll realize *we’ve* changed, which might shift how we want to show up in the world.

when we let shifting, changing, and doing something different be okayy, we open ourselves up to the opportunity of reconnecting with our truth and our meaning, over and over. giving ourselves (and others) permission to redefine who we are throughout our lives is freedom.

what part of you don’t quite fit these days?

what story isn’t really true for you anymore?

what pattern isn’t serving you any longer? what role are you filling that you might want to examine deeper?

how are you shifting, changing, and growing?

what are you redefining?

wow, it’s been a whiile since i’ve been on tumblr. i haven’t posted in forever. anyone still around?

anyways, i started looking through my tumblr archives the other day because i was trying to find what classes i took when i was a freshman in high school. and man, the nostalgia hit. like wow, this site was such a HUGE part of my life as a teenager. 

now i’m 24 years old. i have a full-time job — i’m really a career woman. huh. 

it’s weird reflecting on who i was 10 years ago and seeing that.

i’ve also kind of kept up writing in physical journals. i’ve gone back and forth on whether or not i should blog/journal digitally or physically since such a huge part of what i do is working on a computer and basically being online all the time. it’s nice to have that break and actually see words on paper. there’s also the fear that people r going to find this tumblr site and link it back to me (not that it’s advertised anywhere but still.. maybe i should just get rid of my pic here). 

anyways i think i think better typing. so maybe i can do both? i don’t know, i’m still trying to figure it out. plus, i can reblog images and reshare things on here and get that inspiration i’ve kind of lost in the last few years.