It’s hard to feel productive when it seems like all of your hard work hasn’t been paying off. It’s hard to give yourself an incentive to keep going when it seems like you aren’t getting any closer to your goals.
Sometimes, you need to cry about what’s happened to you in order to get over what’s happened to you. Sometimes, your misery is a stepping stone toward acceptance.
They will send mixed signals along with every text. They will get your hopes high and bring them crashing down within the course of a single conversation.
They are going to understand you’re your own person with your own thoughts and emotions, and sometimes those thoughts will be dark, sometimes those emotions will be messy.
If you need a day to rest, to reset, to recharge, that is okay. You’re allowed to sit back and breathe for a while.
Remember not to discount the little things you’ve been doing to better yourself. Putting in a little bit of effort every single day is going to add up.
You’re allowed to worry — but you’re not allowed to hold yourself back. You’re not allowed to cower in your comfort zone, refusing to take risks, refusing to see what’s out in the world, refusing to take a chance on yourself.
Do a pub crawl in your own home. Set up different drinks in different areas of your home. Have some wine and cheese in the living room. Have some champagne and chocolate in the bedroom. Get creative with your night inside!
You aren’t able to concentrate on the right thing. All of your attention is being dragged in a different direction.
You’re allowed to be disappointed about cancelling the date you’ve been excited about for weeks, or the trip you’ve been planning for months, or the wedding you’ve been planning for years.