Favorite Quotes

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

"...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you; we are in charge of our attitudes."

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Winning & Learning

I am awake. It is usually hard for me to sleep the day before/of a big life change, so this is unsurprising. Today I close a professional chapter. Soon, I'll start another.

Lying in my bed, thinking about this and everything, I realize I am experiencing fear. A job change is an ordinary life event. By all metrics, this particular change is a better, upward step. In the context of all recent changes, it feels a bit terrifying.

My biggest area of concern right now is repetition. I want to avoid repeating figurative stages more than anything. I want to learn the lessons; incorporate the new information; and move forward with greater self-awareness, improved understanding and knowledge, and as a more competent, experienced woman. 

I will not live in the same cycles. 

Hopefully, the break I have between this end and the next start is exactly what I need to refocus and reset. Hopefully, this next chapter proves to be worth the transition angst. Certainly, I will be okay. In the end, I am always okay.