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this post is for you. yes, you! you are so deserving of a good, happy, content life. you are so strong and resilient, and i am proud of you. you will make it through all this hardship and come out the other side doing better than ever.

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An open letter to myself:

I always wanted to say sorry to you because, most of the time, I fail to love and appreciate you. I always tend to forget that you are special too. I don't value you sometimes, and I even think that you are worthless. I want to say sorry to you for all the times that I've never been kind to you. I should've been more gentle with you. I should've reminded you every day that you were worthy. I should've made you believe that you were enough. I'm sorry— you didn't deserve all the pain that I've caused you.

I want you to know right now that you deserve to love yourself more each day. Speak kind words in front of the mirror and remind yourself that you are a beautiful soul. I want you to know that you should stop settling for less than what you deserve and start finding your worth. You are enough. You are worthy. And most importantly, your existence matters every day.

— Shiori X

I want to apologize to all the people l've lost connections with, to the friends I failed to send greetings on some occasions especially on their special days, to those who were once my human diaries that I no longer send updates, to my circles I rarely hang out with. Know that I never considered our friendships and bonds over. Neither did I think of burning our bridges. There might be just some spaces formed out of busy days and individual priorities. But you were never out of my prayers. I still long for your presence, but these days, I am already happy seeing each of you gradually reaching your dreams. I am cheering you from afar. I am proud of you, though I may not be vocal. I believe that deep and strong connections do not require constant catching up, because no distance and duration of silence can break a genuine bond.

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Chen Chen

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most of the time, your embarrassing moments were long forgotten. you’re less awkward than you really feel. people project their bad day onto you, it’s not personal. no one is judging you badly, let alone as badly as you judge yourself. most of the time, negative & anxious thoughts aren’t true, and you're more loved than you feel.

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you really do! ✨️

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Carissa Potter Carlson

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You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.

Many of us spend our working days running from desk to desk, solving urgent but insignificant problems. Our managers are constantly searching for ways to get more out of us. We’re habitually living in the future, thinking about the next quota to make, the next meeting, the next car to buy, the weekend. We’re constantly trying to get somewhere instead of being where we are. We miss the only moment we ever have access to. The Now.

We spend more time at work than with our loved ones. And when we come home, we are busier connecting to our devices than to the people we love. We have become little more than zombies. Yet we wonder, ‘Why am I so tired?’ We figure it’s because we work too much.

What if we’re not doing too much, but rather we’re just doing too little of what truly matters?It’s not hard work that exhausts us most, it’s meaningless work that exhausts us most.

I stopped asking people how their day went when they clearly don't care if I even made through mine.I stopped keeping tabs on their lives knowing I can barely keep up with my own, and instead I just focused on myself and my goals. I avoided distractions.

I started dressing good so I'd look cool when I peek at my reflection in the stores' glass windows, I ate at restaurants alone and tried all new things on the menu. I traveled places with just a few friends I know I can count on.

Life just gets busier, I learned. And as we add years to our lives, we realize the importance of time and priorities. We find ourselves burning bridges here and ther, and that's okay. Most of them no longer have anyone waiting on the other side, anyway.

Welcome to growing up.

—Jun Mark Patilan