HeyJaredover my years
A reflection of my past, present and future years trying to define what it means to be free 🪞
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learn how to say ‘no’ (opens the original)
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In some way, I have always been that person who says yes, all the time, to minor things that slowly turn into bigger ones. Yesterday, someone asked me if I could do something for them. I didn’t want to; I knew immediately that I didn’t want to, but somehow the word that came out of my mouth was yes. I suppose I have become very good at that, of saying yes all the time.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CNyF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressiv
you can prepare for a life forever and still never live it (opens the original)
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You close your eyes and crave a different reality, only to open them and find yourself here. You wake up every morning determined to see the day through, only to crumble back into darkness because your body keeps score in ways that make every excuse feel reasonable.You tell yourself tomorrow will be different. Tomorrow you will wake up by the seaside. Sunlight will bathe against your skin as a reward for your ambition. You will find it hard to fathom that there was ever a time when life seemed b
if friendship is a space to inhabit, ours became inhospitable (opens the original)
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this too shall pass (opens the original)
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let people misunderstand you (opens the original)
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Imagine spending your entire life trying to be liked.You carefully curate your words. Watch over your mannerisms. Over-explain yourself even before you are asked, just so that what you meant cannot possibly be mistaken for something else, something you terribly believe you can never be.When you are in the presence of strangers, you hold yourself at arm’s length, because you don’t want to come across as insolent. When you are near loved ones, you withdraw. You are quiet, meek, terrified that one
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