Nicole Mejiaのインスタグラム(nicole_mejia) - 10月19日 11時45分

Sometimes it feels like the decision is the hard part—that things should be smooth sailing after we’ve finally come to a conclusion about something (or someone) that we’ve been ruminating on for months.

But we often find that the work really begins when the initial “high” of making that decision wears off.

The work is when loneliness creeps in, trying to drag your self-worth down, and with it, your standards.
It’s when you’re so tired that old coping patterns seem as if they would feel like a hug from an old friend.
It’s when your mind spits out every excuse for why you can’t, how you’re not good enough, or that you’ll never find someone “like them” or “as good as them.”
The work is when perfectionism and imposter syndrome swirl around in your head.
It’s when no one in your network understands or supports your decision.
It’s the process of getting to a place where you’re working with instead of against yourself.

Even when I know a decision is aligned with my higher good, purpose, and self, I still struggle sometimes.

We all do.
We’re all human.
We’ve all fallen for the wolf in sheep’s clothing, or occasionally reverted to thinking or habits that we know don’t serve the reality and life experience we’re trying to create.

There will be times where we’ll make choices that are more congruent with our past selves than with the new and more aligned values that we’re on the path to embody.

These instances provide an opportunity for us to reconnect with why we made the decision in the first place.

They require us to set boundaries and do the work of communicating them.

And in order to grow from in these instances, they demand that we become more aware, patient, forgiving, and accepting of ourselves in the process.

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