Shedding Season

The discomfort you feel at trying to change right now is nothing compared to the existential pain you will feel twenty or more years from now, knowing you abandoned your truth, your dreams, and your passions in exchange for a life that felt safe—but left you anxious, unfulfilled, and wondering what if.

Romanticize the struggle. Embrace the uncertainty. Let the discomfort become proof that you are growing, not evidence that you should stop.

Then get on with it.

Shed it all.

Be reborn. Again and again.

Does the snake mourn her old skin?

Does she carry it from place to place, folded into boxes and plastic bins, tucked beneath beds, or hidden away in the attic of her mind? Does she pull out the old skin from time to time—dusty, faded, and brittle—to reminisce about the good old days?

No.

She leaves it behind because it no longer fits.

So leave behind the old identities. The old fears. The old stories. The old versions of yourself that were necessary once but are too small for who you are becoming.

You do not owe your past a lifetime of loyalty.

You owe your future the courage to become it.

Shed it all.

Be reborn.

There is no need to keep looking back.

With LOVE

Aja