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You may be reflecting on what you’ve done this y

You may be reflecting on what you’ve done this year and whether any of it adds up to the sum of who you are or negates your birthright to celebrate joy. ⁠
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As you pause and reflect, and perhaps consider what you’d like to do in the NEXT 365 days, may you give yourself enough space and compassion if you changed your mind and redirected throughout 2021.⁠
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I’ll start by sharing things I’m no longer doing that no longer resonate with me:⁠
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💫 I’m no longer saying yes to people until I give a little more thought to what they’re asking for. This means that I’m no longer being overly accommodating with my schedule. ⁠
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💫 I’m no longer prescribing to the idea that I need to be on dating apps or be proactive about dating to find my one great love. I’m only interested in soulmate energy and deep, divine connections. Anything else I won’t entertain.⁠
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💫 I’m breaking up with hustle culture. Instead, I’m prescribing to a more mindful way of living prioritizing rest and relaxation, which replenishes the creativity I need to perform optimally. ⁠
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💫 I’m no longer doing things because I feel that I have to do them. I now approach what and where I spend my time, resources and effort based on what feels most aligned with my highest purpose and nourishes my inner child.⁠
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It’s not your responsibility to continue doing what no longer resonates with you. ⁠
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What will you no longer be doing moving forward? Share below. ⤵️

Change is uncomfortable, but nothing is as uncomfo

Change is uncomfortable, but nothing is as uncomfortable as staying in a place you don’t belong.⁠
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A place you’ve outgrown.⁠
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A place you no longer resonate with.⁠
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A place several floors lower than from where you’ve leveled up.⁠
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A place that has no room for the newer version of you.⁠
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Nothing is as uncomfortable as staying in a place you’re forcing yourself to fit back into.⁠
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You’re not obligated to stay in a place that dishonors who you are, who you’ve become or who you plan to transform into. ⁠
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So evolve. Grow. Expand. Minimize. Declutter. Move.⁠
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Allow the one thing that is constant in our lives to take place. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.⁠
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Embrace change.

Sometime mid-December 2020, I had a dream that my

Sometime mid-December 2020, I had a dream that my mother was lounging like a Goddess surrounded by golden fish and bronze rooster statues. Eastern (Chinese) and western astrological elements made of luxurious materials so clearly on display right before my eyes. ⁠
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This shrine she so casually laid in was the living room of the last childhood home I lived in. A reminder of the hometown I declared I’d never return to for that was where many of my demons were born. ⁠
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Then suddenly, I started speaking with another “mother” of mine about reconstructing her house, which was happening in real life around the time of the dream.⁠
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Soon after, an elderly Khmer man stood at the door asking what day it was. My mother responded in Khmer and claimed that today was “buon.” ⁠
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It was striking to me that she used an incorrect term for the word Tuesday. In Khmer, buon is a sacred ceremony.⁠
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He then looked at me, spoke in Khmer and proclaimed that the “naive girl” was a “sleeping beauty” and “now we have awakened the beast.”⁠
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It wasn’t until six months later that I realized this prophetic dream symbolized what was to come in 2021: my spiritual awakening. ⁠
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A fated sacred ceremony. A buon for my homecoming.⁠
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I was the naive girl the wise man was referring to. ⁠
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For so long I obediently operated within a realm where I unquestionably followed what society told me to do to survive and succeed, not knowing any other way than that. ⁠
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I learned to distrust all the messages my body’s inner space had been sending to me since I was a child.⁠
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I developed an ego where my greatest source of love and validation was external.⁠
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But now, the sleeping Beauty is finally awake. And so is her Beast.

In May 2020 I had a visitation dream with my mento

In May 2020 I had a visitation dream with my mentor, Jess. I was shown the life that I, at the time, was tightly clinging onto. ⁠
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A life where I significantly invested in people who’d never be available for me. ⁠
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I was shown how people unfairly benefitted from the convenience of my availability. ⁠
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How disillusioned I was by the attention these people so willingly gave as long as it fed their ego and needs in return. ⁠
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How I became the go-to person for people I can’t go to. ⁠
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How blinded I was by my constant fixation on putting others first. ⁠
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Because that was the only way I knew how to earn love, not trusting that I could just be loved by simply existing.⁠
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A wave of sadness crashed into me as these reminders pulled up to shore. ⁠
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Then, everything in my dream grayed out, a highly unusual occurrence for someone who always dreams in color. ⁠
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That’s when she appeared. Vibrant as ever. Jess looked so lively and beautiful. Exactly the way I’ll always remember her. She smiled at me and nodded, signaling that everything was going to be OK. ⁠
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Telepathically, she promised that when I learn to let go of this version of me that didn’t serve my highest self, that if I follow her, there'll be beautiful things waiting for me.⁠
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She vanished before I could tell her everything I wanted to say since she left this earth.⁠
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Six months later (November 2020), I began letting go of the life she instructed me to leave behind. ⁠
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As soon as I did, she reentered my life in a more present way and has constantly been guiding me from the other side on a daily basis.⁠
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The bonus: she kept her promise. ⁠
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My life in 2021 has been full of more miracles and magic than I ever thought possible. ⁠
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The best part? There’s so much more left to experience. This is only the beginning. ⁠
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What have your visitation dreams been like?

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