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“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
― Roy T. Bennett
This year, I have become the person little elementary school Reem would be so proud of. These past four months, I have been writing, exploring and taking risks like its nobody’s business & I haven’t been happier.
I’m half-way done with my first screenplay, 15 pounds down, getting fit, eating healthy, making friends and doing things I never thought I would do. And whenever I see myself in the mirror, I actually fall a bit more in love everyday instead of wishing to be someone else. Which is absolutely amazing.
You’re probably wondering why this is all happening to me now. Like why didn’t all this happen sooner? Welllll hunnie, lemme tell ya <3
This year, I have stopped caring and relying on people. I decided to be the author of my own book. In the past, I tended to thrive off of invitations and obsess over the fact that my friends would never message or ask me to hang out.
I always had to be the friend that reached out and that made me feel terrible and unlikable. Like why did I have to do all the work? Why weren’t others putting in the same effort? I felt that I needed engaging friends and an upbeat social life in order to be happy and to feel valued. BUT OH WAS I WRONG.
Since I moved to China, that unhealthy ideology has changed completely. I have come to the conclusion that It doesn’t matter what others think and it also doesn’t matter if the people you interact with don’t give off the same energy. At the end of the day, it’s honestly all about you. You’re the one that has to live with yourself for the rest of your life. So you should just be the person you wanna be. You can’t change people but you can change yourself. Just become the person that would like to see more of and once you do, everything else in your life will fall into place.
I have been living with myself for 21 years and never caught feelings but yo- these past four months has got me falling hard and I’m ready to put a ring on.
Ya girl,
Reem
