05/13/2026
I was the competent, responsible child. I came home from school and finished every homework assignment before I did anything else.
I didn't want to disappoint anyone—my teachers, my parents, myself... I didn't want to fail because that meant punishment, shame, and rejection.
Decades later, that overachieving kid became the young adult who said yes to every favor, made all the plans for the group, remembered every birthday, noticed all the little things, and held everyone's s**t.
Then I learned to love myself.
To be myself. To heal. To be free of my past.
To not give a s**t.
Now, if you give me a friend-assignment, ask me to do something, want a favor, it's not an automatic yes. It's a "If my true self says yes, then it's a yes. If not, I'm not apologizing."
The competent little Linda was capable but her truth was she was deeply unhappy.
The "I love myself more" healed, mature adult Linda skips around her house because her truth is she doesn't fear mistakes anymore.
Living in your truth is not only far less stressful, but gives you that skipping around energy that your little you needs.
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