At 25, I was just finishing undergrad because I had dropped out of school twice. I worked at an animal rescue and cafe. I adopted my dog. I started dating my now husband.
I had experienced a lot of trauma and was in therapy working through it, so I was also having a lot of hard feelings. It was a hard and sometimes awkward growing period. Felt like a lot of just hoping there was another side. That’s the journey though!
Hard to believe everything that has happened since then. Don’t stress too much- there’s no rules! No timeline!
Apr 5, 2025
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thank you for sharing 💖 i feel like i need reminded that there is no timeline SO often but someday maybe i’ll finally believe it. and i also relate to the awkward growing phase... it’s feels like life is one funky change after another and constantly trying to balance it back out. but you’re right, it’s just the journey and we’re all doing it in one way or another 🙂↕️
Apr 5, 2025
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painful, directionless, largely unemployed, sexy, grimy, changed my hair color about five times, got blackout drunk too many times, leaned into what it means to be loved and supported unconditionally for the first time... and to be vulnerable in sharing the ugly truth I had been hiding for so many years.
it was just the beginning and lay the foundation for the tremendous positive changes I would go on to make the following year like beginning EMDR therapy and starting down the path of my career (and quitting smoking…)! enjoy you don’t have to be even close to figuring everything out this is the time to have a little fun and explore before things get too serious and don’t think too too much about what it all means… but do take care of yourself. everything will come together in the end 🫶
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Let me start off by sharing that my dog died on my birthday. That kind of set the tone 🫠
I was in an abusive relationship, got fired from my job (first and only time) so was broke, dropped out of school, and drinking way too much. I was able to leave that relationship that same year, but I had PTSD (didn’t know it, just thought I was crazy!), so I was very unwell.
The positive is that this was my rock bottom. After struggling for a few years I realized I needed help, and I got it. The way I had been living became unsustainable and I needed to find a new way to be.
My life now is so beautiful, I wouldn’t change a thing.
Don’t let this scare you- I wasn’t healthy before all of this either! I wish you a very fun, loving, depth full year of growth and an abundance of joy!
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18 - fell in love, made new great friends, got my license, experienced a new environment where no one thought I was dumb for what felt like the first time ever, found independence from my shitty home life and replaced it with silly car dinners and kisses with the person I loved. I think 18 was when I started healing but didn’t know yet that I needed to.
22 - so many new things that were scary but so fun and so special. Travelled to Japan with the same love from 18 and had so much fun exploring somewhere new with them, quit a shitty fucking job and became a florist which I had wanted for so long and loved all of it, got a new job and found what I’m passionate about. Felt supported.
27 - right now and it’s pretty good so far. healed from the love thats not for me anymore and now we’re friends (sometimes we make out by mistake but it’s fine it’s just an accident every time). going on dates that show no potential but collecting stories and experiences. . feeling really good about who I am. only 3 months in honestly so this might be premature coz the next 9 could suck.
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