DIVERGENT CORNER

I have become almost unrecognisable to most people. They use to know someone quiet, easygoing, agreeable, and maybe cutely naive. That version of me was real however, the last 3 years was a roller coaster. Hardship became my teacher, pain, my education, and somewhere along that journey, I found parts of me that have always existed, just never tested.

Fast forward to now, while I have always had an internal locus of identity, never done anything for external validation or approval, Confidence replaced doubt and hesitation. My ambitions grew larger than the life I once imagined for myself.

That growth has not only changed me, it’s changed my relationships. Some people who’ve been once close have drifted away. Others seem uncomfortable with who I’ve become, probably because the familiar version of me is gone. Growth has a cost. Sometimes the price is comfort, Sometimes it’s familiarity, and sometimes it’s people who preferred the version of you that required less of them.

My responsibility is not to preserve your memory of the old me. It is to keep evolving into the person that adversity and experience have been shaping. The version you miss wasn’t false, just untested.

There’s no need to feel embarrassed on my behalf, or low-key wish I retain the parts of me that made you like me in the first place even if they no longer serve me.

LMAO, This is what change looks like. 🤣🤣