Learning to let go
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This post is a follow up from my last paid post: https://buttondown.email/SelfCareBackpack/archive/on-being-triggered
I used to be valued by how useful I was. Eventually I learned to only value myself that way. How much I’d save the day, organise the thing, run something. It was my entire life. Learning to leave that behind is difficult. Mistakes were a terrible crime growing up, so they’re a crime now. Being an inconvenience was the worst thing ever. It still is, really.
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