changing every “i should have known better” to “i know better now”. don’t judge past versions of yourself through the lens of who you’re now, you did the best you could do with what you knew. forgive yourself for all the mistakes you made again and again and again!!!!
one thing i learned from being sad is you just have to feel it and once you’re done, you just need to go out of the room because life is so much bigger than the room you’ve been living in. trust me, it works.
Sometimes “locking in” looks like sitting in the sun and remembering that your life is also meant to be lived, not just optimized, monetized, and turned into proof that you’re worthy.