Of course, be open to other people’s feedback. Be open to hearing their opinion… because it matters! It's helpful! Absolutely. New perspective can be the catalyst you need to find your groove. But it doesn’t matter more than your own opinion of yourself. Because you know the full picture and they don’t.

You succeed, you overcome, and you grow DESPITE the labels you put on yourself. You

You’re not being picky anymore; you’ve leveled up past that and now you’re selective. You’re selective because of the proof you have in life of why you should have a standard or boundary.

Why can't we believe the change given to us is a sign that we’re now in between two things? We’re in between something that wasn’t right for us and the future which holds something that is right for us?

“My hard work will pay off because I’m willing to put in the work.”

We deserve to take back control and not play an active role in making ourselves feel bad for what we don’t yet have.

Sometimes a happy life isn’t always about more or better. It's about different or simpler.

One of the oldest presentations of wabi-sabi is known as kintsugi or “golden scars.” This is the practice of filling cracks with gold fillings.

This is you deciding you are enough.