#trans timeline

And it's been bebopping around in my head ever since. I joke at times that I "transitioned too late." And I do wish I'd done it sooner, but I thought I'd share my own glowup in case it might help some of ya'll. This is what transitioning in my 40s looked like for me.

If you're early transition, or pre transition and considering it, and you're scared, or lonely, or don't know where you're going and feel lost, or all of the above:

It gets better. I promise you. It only gets better. Maybe not tomorrow, maybe not next week or next month. But one day you'll look in the mirror and realize that the pain you used to feel has lost its teeth, and what's left is only a shadow of what it once was.

And crucially, you don't have to sacrifice the things you love to transition either. Oftentimes, they'll bloom more. My already established interest in hiking has developed into wilderness backpacking.

Through it all, you'll become more you.

Keep going. You got this. I love you all.