Finding balance in routine and falling into the steps of adulthood is tricky! I share a chunk of my experience here in my new post.
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I refuse to be the kind of person who loses their mind over a delayed train or lets a spilled coffee set the tone for the whole day.
I want to be the one who stays composed, who sees the good even when things don’t go as planned. The kind of person who breathes through the little chaos and still finds beauty in how the day unfolds.
I want to be soft. I want to be steady.
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Your mind doesn’t have to be a prison.
It can be a place of freedom—if brought under control.
Discipline your thoughts.
Create habits that constitute stillness in your life.
Make those habits patterns for your mind to follow.
Then, within that order,
Foster your imagination, creativity, and spark of Divinity placed within you.
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An article like this one gives me a little boost of encouragement in the midst of such discouraging and disconcerting news.