🕊️ "In a Wink" – A Personal Reflection

 This past week passed like a wink — and yet, here I am, still processing all that I didn’t do.

There’s an order for the US that’s hanging by a thread. There are goals unmet, lists untouched, deadlines dancing too far ahead to catch. And that nagging voice inside keeps echoing — “You're behind. You're not enough. You haven’t done anything worth mentioning.”

I took a pause, just for a while — to be with friends, to smile for Friendship Day, to feel human. But even that joy came wrapped in the guilt of falling short.
Falling behind the invisible benchmark set by others. By society. By some version of “success” that constantly moves further away the closer we get to it.

Everything feels so fast.
And I feel like I’m standing still.

But here's the truth I’m holding onto: Showing up, even in the smallest way, counts.
Taking one breath, writing one post, preparing one parcel, sharing one story — it all adds up. It doesn’t look like success in headlines, but it’s still movement.
It’s still me, trying.

And that’s worth something.
To anyone else feeling the same — you're not alone. Let’s keep showing up. Quietly, gently, honestly. 🌿

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"Even on the days I feel behind, I am still becoming. Slow growth is still growth." 🌱