🌷 Maybe Self-Love Isn’t About Who We Thought We’d Become…

Growing up, we all had this picture of who we’d be by a certain age.

The career. The relationship. The house. The happiness. The life we thought we’d have figured out by 30.

But somewhere along the way, life happened.

Plans changed. Dreams shifted. We lost parts of ourselves we thought we’d always have. And sometimes, we find ourselves grieving the person we thought we’d become.

💗 But maybe self-love isn’t about becoming the person we thought we’d be.

Maybe it’s about learning to love the person we’re becoming, even when life didn’t go according to plan.

Maybe it’s about forgiving ourselves for the milestones we haven’t reached, the mistakes we’ve made, and the dreams that took a different direction.

Maybe we’re not behind.

Maybe we’re simply becoming someone our younger selves never imagined we’d need to be.

And maybe that person deserves love, too.

✨ A little reminder: You don’t have to become your younger self’s version of successful to be worthy of a beautiful life.

💭 A question for you:

Are you learning to love who you’re becoming, or are you still grieving who you thought you’d be?

There’s no wrong answer. Sometimes, we’re doing a little bit of both. ❤️

The Millennial Mind | Doing My Best-ish