the female body loves rituals.
massage oil onto the skin.
wear perfume for yourself.
brew loose-leaf herbal tea.
stretch slowly.
pray before sunrise.
buy flowers every week.
take walks through botanical gardens.
give yourself devotion.
My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
turns out, reading a lot, exercising, loving people without expecting anything back, protecting your alone time, focusing only on improving yourself, and sometimes staying out late with friends who make you laugh until it hurts is a pretty good way to live.
I love being as lonely as I am because it's made me attuned to the smallest spark in people. I think solitude does to the heart what darkness does to the eye. Lowers the threshold at which light becomes visible
normalize saying “unfortunately you’re no longer a safe person for me and I refuse to continually sacrifice my nervous system to make you feel comfortable”
Women get prettier when our nervous system is regulated & we're not living in chronic stress. Longer hair, shinier hair, softer + glowier skin, no bloating, no breakouts, no mood swings. We’re our best version when we rest more, slow down, spend more time in the sun, eat warm foods, dance, frolic... Biologically we're wired to be whimsical
Women get prettier when our nervous system is regulated & we're not living in chronic stress. Longer hair, shinier hair, softer + glowier skin, no bloating, no breakouts, no mood swings. We’re our best version when we rest more, slow down, spend more time in the sun, eat warm foods, dance, frolic... Biologically we're wired to be whimsical
You think you’re a good person until you fall in love or step into a relationship. That’s when all the layers come off. Love has a way of exposing every insecurity, flaw, weakness, and toxic pattern you’ve managed to hide, even from yourself. It shows you that you’re not as patient, kind, forgiving, or understanding as you believed. Love doesn’t just reveal who you are; it reveals who you still need to become.
I think the reason you can’t hate yourself into changing your life is because change is the most self-loving thing you can ask of yourself. You are quite literally demanding better for/from yourself, in what world do you think self-loathing and self-punishment can sustain that?
Major cheat code for life: Assume good things are still ahead. You are not behind. You are not too late. You are not disqualified by your past. One new season can change the entire story. Keep showing up with belief. The best chapters are often written after the hardest ones.
My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
Nah. 27-33 aren't your humbling years. They're your awakening years.
So many people misunderstand this phase of life.
That's when you start seeing things clearly. Everything suddenly dawns on you. You realize what you want, what doesn't matter, and how much time you've wasted.
Some people mistake that clarity for failure because they wish they had figured it out earlier.
But if you're determined, you can build more in those few years than you did in your entire early twenties.
A sign of good health is getting goosebumps when you listen to music, blushing, feeling your heart expand when you see babies & animals, feeling it compress when you see injustice, feeling butterflies in your stomach when you’re excited about something, crying when you watch a rom-com… It means you’re deeply connected to your emotional body, which you need for true health