HeyJaredbetteringkel
just a girl navigating her way through life & trying everyday to better herself
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Daddy issues? In 2026? Yikes (opens the original)
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I have never met my father, he left before I was born.It is only now as I get older, I feel the weight of his absence, however not in the ways you might think.I’ve never really thought of myself as having abandonment issues nor have I ever considered that his absence has impacted me. The anxious attachment style and chronic anxiety may have been a good giveaway though.I was raised by an extraordinary mother with the help of my grandmother. I didn’t grow up feeling any ‘different’ to what I imagi
To Be Loved Is To Be Known (opens the original)
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“To be loved is to be known” is one of my favourite quotes, because I think it really encapsulates the true meaning of being loved.Growing up I imagined love being about the grand gestures. Patrick singing to Kat on the bleachers or Robbie writing and performing a song about Georgia at her birthday party (still an absolute bop to this day btw).Sure, love can involve the occasional grand gesture, but real love, the sort of love some people spend their lives trying to find, is truly knowing someon
I quit my job (and apparently my substack) (opens the original)
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I quit my job.I was there for six years, and in those six years I really gave it my all. I made a huge impact on the business and really developed a passion for the industry I was in. I knew I didn’t want to be there forever, but I didn’t feel like it was my time to go just yet. There is a line that shouldn’t be crossed in the workplace, especially when it is a small independent business, and unfortunately that line was crossed too many times. My workplace went from a feeling of family and toget
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