Rebecca Jane @showersofstardust - Tumblr Blog

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Antalya, Turkey by Talip Çetin

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Just because it's hard doesn't mean I can't achieve it

Just because it's hard doesn't mean it isn't meant for me

Just because it's hard doesn't mean I'm not capable of it

Just because it's hard doesn't mean I won't learn

Just because it's hard doesn't mean I don't have a future in it

Just because it's hard doesn't mean I'm not smart

Just because it's hard doesn't mean I'm not good enough

Just because it's hard doesn't mean I can't do it

So I just have to do it and love myself through it.

Just because.

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The forest keeps its own cartography: rivers that never appear on any map, and bridges built only for the patient.

🎧 Geography of Absence A soundtrack for those who leave no forwarding address — only a silence that fits the landscape.

(Photo: d.)

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No matter how powerful you are financially, politically, intellectually, or otherwise…

Nothing replaces loneliness. That alone creates the darkest emptiness in my soul.

Chasing anything else is a lack of peace. Life should be made up of the simple things.

Faith. Nature. Movement. Food. Love.

Anything else is noise. And if I’m trying to find ways to “fill time”, I should realize that those little things matter and aren’t less than me. I am not more important than the laundry - in fact, actually, the laundry and how much it matters to me, shows how much I underestimate it.

Ego won’t replace connection. Expressing what I “know” to be right feels good for a moment… but it can cost so much.

I need to take care of myself, forego attachment to anyone or anything else, and realize that life isn’t made up of control, money, or opinion. Those are just human concepts that distract me from what I need to do - which is to live.

For good food. For movement. For exploring. For love and connection.

Now that I’ve finally clawed my way out, I need to learn to breathe and silence my fight-or-flight response.

#mewriting

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It might feel scary now, but future you will be proud you stuck with it and persevered through the hard times! 🌄

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Happiness and wins lately:

Realizing I have an extended family that love me, even if I don't see them very often

Nearly back down to a size 6, from creeping near to a size 12 two years ago

Finding the culture of me, and owning who I am more and more

Finding joy in the little things more often

Getting outside so, so often for sunlight

New friends and new experiences

Becoming more present in my own life

Learning to love the back and forth of it all

#mewriting

One. More. Year...

Until new beginnings

Until financial freedom

Until every dollar is our own

Until our net worth hits $0, instead of the negatives

Until we can make every choice based on what we want, instead of what will pay back the bank faster

Until we aren't even 30 and we have so much opportunity to explore to our heart's content

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"Hold On Tight, This Ride is a Wild One" 🎶 All Time Low

One more year until my husband and I have been together for 5 years.

One more year until it's only been 5 years since we graduated.

One more year until a new chapter of freedom of expression, individuality, spirituality, and so much life to be lived.

Isn't that so crazy? Only one more year until what feels like a rebirth of the same life, full of the same person I love so much, but every freedom brought back to him, and to me, and to us.

One more year until the student loans are gone and our lives are just beginning.

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