HeyJaredtenderhearted
tenderhearted (adj.): having a kind, gentle, or sentimental nature; being made of the soft stuff in a cold, cruel world.
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If I Weren’t Afraid (opens the original)
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A few months ago, I saw someone on Instagram post a cute, highly-stylized graphic layered with text about all the things they’d do if they weren’t afraid.They rattled out ten items, things they’d commit to doing if they weren’t avoidant of whatever it is that was holding them back. The post was — as stuff on social media often is — a success story. In one year, this person had made progress on all ten items. I sent the post to myself and hav
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often, it isn’t until long after something happens that i understand the emotion i was feeling in the moment. i didn’t realize why i was hurting, i didn’t process what had made me cry. if i am treated poorly, i will just take it, and only become aware of how wrong it was after the fact. usually after someone tells me how to feel. vaguely, i reference the fact that it’s been seven months since my last blog post. i’ve wanted to come back here, but i started to place too much pressure on the fact t
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