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I'm learning more & more that just talking out loud, in both the good and the bad, has almost always been positive. l've a bad habit of keeping things in until they're positive, on some glass child shit, but I'm unlearning the armor. Let it all out bby
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Anonymous 1w

I want the ppl in my life to be there for the ups and the downs. I wanna let them in

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

One ex, i was afraid to tell my parents im going up for promo next month, bc if it goes south, then i have to let them down and say that it failed etc.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

But then I’m like, they’re not investors in my metaphorical company. The goal is not to come back w the best result, it’s to share the journey with them as human beings. I’d much rather them be present for the emotions, both the excitement of being nominated and even the defeat of it falling through, than play the waiting game of keeping hush until the result, only to have no one to share my woes w when it fails bc i kept the journey inside.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

This shit sounds so trivial on paper, but l've spent the last like 20 yrs learning to bottle up, so it's gonna take some time to unlearn.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

“Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.”

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