You don’t give yourself permission to slow down, because you don’t want to slow down. You’re stressed, but you’re excited. You’re swamped, but you’re passionate. While that fire can be a good thing, it can also convince you to push yourself too far. Even though you’re excited about your work, you have to take breaks from it sometimes. You have to give yourself a chance to rest.
Wanting nothing to do with a holiday you used to love doesn’t make you a Grinch. It makes you someone with a heart who has lost a part of that heart.
If you don’t want this person in your world for the other 364 days of the year, then why would you bother to speak to them on the holidays?
There’s a lot of pressure to enjoy yourself — and when you can’t bring yourself to smile for real, you’re pretty much forced into pretending.
You aren’t as unlovable as you feel.
If you get your validation from an outside source, then your sense of worth is going to rise and drop on a daily basis.
Comparing yourself to the people around you is only going to discourage you. It’s only going to boost your insecurities. It’s only going to make you question your worth, your abilities, and your chances of reaching success.
You might end up lonely because you’re spending the majority of your time on your own.
When you pretend you’re okay, you’re pretending you don’t need to fix your situation. You’re pretending your mental health isn’t a priority.
Lowering your standards isn’t going to help you find love. It might help you find a relationship — but you shouldn’t be settling for any old relationship. You should be searching for THE relationship. The relationship that is going to uplift you. The relationship that is going to better you. The relationship that is going to make you feel completely at peace.