I’ve been recognizing I’ve been isolating myself and choosing the easy route, which is to stay home and just work and keep feeling worse and worse. I’ve been seeing my boyfriend go to his office every once and a while and I said to myself finally, “put on a cute outfit, put some makeup on, and go to a nice coffee shop like you used to love doing.”

I can attest that it felt really good. And I’m very proud of myself taking this one step to help myself. And this was after more than a year of literally just staying home. Wearing pajamas. Feeling like I lost myself. But after today, I can see a glimpse of the woman I want to be.

EDIT: wow thank you so much everyone for the supportive comments, I didn’t know this post would get that much support in general. I hope everyone out there struggling can see this as hope for them too. Later today I still had feelings of sadness but I’m reminding myself of how I felt while I was out today. And that’s enough and that’s all you and I need right now. One small step in a different direction. ❤️