It's so hard to even articulate the feelings this post gave me... it hit home on some things I've been personally mulling over, especially this:
Inside that belief of being a people pleaser, I've found how quickly I allow myself to go into victim mode. How quick I am to make excuses and, even worse, blame other people for my lack of direction and commitment to moving towards my dreams.
Sometimes the barrier to our peace is our perspective on the hardships we encounter. When we take ownership of the acts that got us where we are, we take back some power. Self-awareness is cathartic and beautiful 😁 I love that you put this under the umbrella of "decluttering" because a clean mind, a space where we move forward from the best parts of ourselves, is much like cleaning a metaphorical house.
AND I can totally relate to refuge in video games, during the hardest part of my life, I escaped into oblivion for several months. I had something like 2k hours played 😯😂
Thanks for this brilliant post ❤️!PIZZA
You're an Oblivion fan too. How cool!
I used to love spending days foraging for my magical brews, battling a few wolves and making my own clothes, while also sneaking around and stealing a few bits and pieces from the evil folk. All of these were absolutely necessary as I was on a mission to save the world from the dastardly Mythic Dawn. Haha!
But seriously, it was all about escapism, and I get it. It was needed. At least it was then. Now, I can take that talent to escape but instead of playing inside someone else's story, I can create my own. The stories I make up on the outside as well as the inside.
As I decluttered my external space, I also decluttered the internal.
It's amazing how much easier it now feels to write. 💛