#hive-echo

I have started over more than once. Not always by choice. Sometimes circumstances simply removed what was there and starting over was the only honest response to what remained. source The version of starting

Nobody tells you about the social cost of becoming a different person. The way growth is supposed to be celebrated and how it actually disrupts things in ways that are more complicated than any celebration

I described myself a certain way for years. Used specific words. Had a reliable self narrative that explained why i was the way i was, what i valued, how i operated. It felt like self awareness. It was