Nancy Valenzuela

We don't procrastinate out of laziness, but self-preservation, because trying might confirm our worst fear: that we’re not enough.

So we dream, plan, imagine, basically do anything but act. Not because we don’t care, but because we care too much . And reality might break that version of ourselves we’ve built in fantasy.

Inaction feels safe...

if you’ve ever felt like this — like you have something in you that never got its chance — please don’t ignore it. don’t be the person who only dreams. be the one who at least tried. it doesn’t have to become your career. but it deserves to be explored. because if it matters to you, it matters. that’s enough.

i’ve been asking myself — am i going to let this go without a fight? am i really going to spend the rest of my life calling myself “lazy ambitious” like it’s a cute quirk?

no. because at some point, that’s not a personality. it’s just a way to avoid responsibility. i kept blaming circumstances, timing, lack of support. but the truth is, it was me. i... See more

“you can survive not getting what you want. but can you live with knowing you never even tried?”

“a dream without action isn’t a dream. it’s a wish.”

“you’re not tired because you’re doing too much. you’re tired because you’re doing too little of what lights you up.”

So the next time you feel like you're too complicated to love, too moody, too sensitive, too this or too that, remember: everyone is something. Everyone is too much for someone. And everyone, at some point, has been afraid they are unlovable. But you are not here to be easy. You are here to be real. And the ones who matter? They’ll stay. They’ll le... See more