growth

A piece of wisdom that I’ve heard is that camp can be a redefining moment for kids’ lives. And I’ve learned many ways that this statement rings true.

It wasn’t an easy process, and it never is. I encourage anyone to take the time to recognize their cycles have pause, stop and restart settings. Though it doesn’t always come immediately, success eventually emerges from learning from rejections.  

While we can’t ever have concrete and solidified evidence like numbers to measure how much we’ve changed in the past year, we can always start a conversation with ourselves and the ones that we’ve found to have our back.

Instead of burying 2022 in the past, let the lessons you learned live on to empower you in 2023. Your previous challenges equip you for your current endeavors.

I am growing / and so are you / at least we know this one thing.

Unlearning years of emotional repression was in no way easy, but it was healthier than the alternative path I had been wandering down the entire duration of my childhood.

I understand that I probably sound kind of dramatic, but it was disheartening when the institution I’d dedicated so much of my time to shifted into one I felt the need to avoid.

My clasped control on my manicured identity had given me multiple eating disorders and a vapid social circle with no one to really talk to.

I go home every weekend. I get why this can be seen as unusual, weird even. Just because I understand the criticism, though, doesn’t mean I agree with it.