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AFFIRMATION: 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.⁣ ⁣ _________⁣ ⁣ When I was six years old, my mom told me that she knew me better than I knew myself. I remember my internal rebellion to the idea, the way I spoke words to myself that I didn’t say out loud to her: “NO YOU DON’T.”⁣ ⁣ I think sometimes that her attempt to tell me my own motivations set a theme for my life. I have never really been one to roll over and do (or be) what I’m told.⁣ ⁣ As I reached the last chapters in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘞𝘢𝘺 in July, I found the affirmation above, and it has come up over and over for me since. ⁣ ⁣ I grew up surrounded by people who wanted to define my life, my limitations, my knowledge, and my understanding, but as I have moved into my own process of creating and being human in a very dehumanizing 2020, I’ve had to learn how to take charge of my own definitions.⁣ ⁣ No one else knows what I have lived, and no one else has had the experiences that I have had. Therefore, no one else can tell me how to interpret my own life or existence. ⁣ ⁣ This, I am realizing, is what *I* control, even in chaos: I can own MY life, MY identity, and MY ideals, and I can choose to make room in my world for others to do the same. ⁣ ⁣ Your story is your story, and you know what you know. Nobody 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 gets the right to explain that for you unless you give them permission.⁣ ⁣ ________⁣ ⁣ #bykellēsauer #howtobehuman #lovers #writesofIG #spilledink #storyofbeing #theartistsway #onbeingme #subversive #2020 #dowhatyoulovelovewhatyoudo #liveauthentic #monday #quotes #selfcare #affirmations #respond #writer (at San Francisco Bay Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkFJgDDyIj/?igshid=16qswktyzf0bb

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Nobody Else.• @aprilhillwriting . • • • You do you. I have a new book coming out tomorrow! • • • #words #writingcommunity #writesofig #poem #poem #poetsofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #doodle #ghostly #ghost #nobody #else #something #you #relationshipquotes #relationshipgoals #love #lovepoetry #lovequote #lovequotes #poemsofinstagram #aprilhill #aprilhillwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CLtZbJO3u/?igshid=134ohwtedwnj3

More Than I Need You.• @aprilhillwriting • • • I don't think I could like many things more than I like you, but if anything threatens that it's gone. • • • #words #writesofig #writingcommunity #poemporn #poemsofig #poem #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #you #relationships #relationshipquotes #love #lovely #loveyou #selfcare #selflove #relationships #relationshipquotes #friendshipquotes #relationshipgoals #friendshipgoals #ghost #need #needed #needyou #aprilhill #aprilhillwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tQuRTJ0Au/?igshid=1fhc8y9zpqdho

Trying to write but a Miss Violet wants snuggles right now! #beingawriter #joeywrites #indieauthor #writerlife #authorsofinstagram #authorslife #joeyisanauthor #awesome #youngadultbooks #amwriting #jowrimogo #bonuschapters #writersofinstagram #writesofig #authosofig #ilovewriting #booksinprogress #kitty #cuddles #catsofinstagram #missviolet #snuggles

And the last four chapters of the month are starting today! Four days of work and then two days off before September starts! #beingawriter #joeywrites #indieauthor #writerlife #authorsofinstagram #authorslife #joeyisanauthor #awesome #youngadultbooks #amwriting #jowrimogo #bonuschapters #writersofinstagram #writesofig #authosofig #ilovewriting #booksinprogress