And for me, taking agency has meant not letting someone else’s bad mood become mine, not playing the victim to avoid accountability, and not being a doormat or a martyr for the sake of politeness, peer pressure, or some societal construct. But, this year brought me so much personal growth, the biggest of which is realizing I have agency over everything in my life, which, no duh, but *knowing* that is different from *living* that. □□♀️ It happens, and I’m a people pleasure, so it’s a hard habit to break. I think this year I was overstimulated, overdrawn, and a little too emotionally vulnerable to the opinions of strangers. 2022 taught me that sometimes you have to make your circle small when it comes to what you can accomplish. The older I get, and the longer I’m in this career, the more I realize I need times like these to turn off my writer brain and just exist in the moment for a bit.Īnd now for that grand old wrap up. In case it isn’t obvious, I’ve been out of the office for the holidays, so if I’m quiet on here, this is why. They’ve been holding out on me with these vacation properties. Apparently they each have one on this side of the bridge. Swipe for evidence of them fleeing-slash-leading me to their respective castles. This is a picture of my kids running away from me after I tried to get them to smile for a picture.
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