Two years ago, I was shattered. I didn't know it then, but that pain would be the catalyst for everything good that followed.
When I experienced betrayal for the first time, it was a bomb. I learned that betrayal isn't always about crossing a physical line. Sometimes it's in the shift ~ when you've quietly become the lesser choice. That's the moment something sacred slips away.
01The Break That Built Me
It wasn't just the during. It was also the before, when you can already feel it slipping away. It was the end itself ~ and then the moving on. The longest, hardest part, especially when you're left traumatised.
It's a mental garbage anyone could carry.
But it became the biggest pusher to become the woman I needed.
It taught me to set boundaries, embrace my femininity, and refuse to settle for less. It taught me to love myself ~ and love her even more by investing more into her.
And with investing more into her, I valued her more ~ that she could no longer entertain anyone who treated her less than she treated herself.
“She could no longer entertain anyone who treated her less than she treated herself.”
02The Contracts We Carry
I learned the art of detachment, and that life is full of contracts with people. Some contracts are only meant for a phase of your life. When they end, you thank them for their purpose ~ and you move to your next destination.
That one break gave me the space I needed to step out of my comfort zone. To stop playing small. To move.
That was the beginning of everything: building myself, exploring the world, falling in love with life ~ and myself ~ again.
How many of these have you unlocked?
03The Woman on the Other Side
Traveling wasn't the goal, but it became the bonus. I wasn't yearning to be a wanderer. I was simply seeking change. And once I found the courage to choose myself, I realised ~ I could keep going.
Growth is never pretty when you're in the thick of it. But today, I'm grateful. For the heartbreak. For the pain. For the freedom it led me to.
The Girl I Was then?
She wouldn't survive the life I live now.
And I wouldn't trade this version of me for anything.
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