Month: March 2024

Just In Case

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Post 6 of 10 of LoveYourzStory’s Jhené Aiko Series. Inspired by “Pretty Bird.”

I’m deep in my Jhené Era. She’s def the top artist I’ve been listening to on repeat for at least the last 6 months. This series will be a showcase of how her music has inspired me throughout this journey – the journey back to self✨️

I’ve been taught to always plan for rainy days – life is unpredictable.

Mentally exhaust all possibilities to prepare for the unexpected.

Life can’t pull a fast one on you if you’re 100 steps ahead.

I need to make sure that at the end of any possibility, I remain untouched, unbothered, victorious.

Some call it smart, others call it overthinking, I call it Me.

“Just in case,” I tell myself, creating an exit plan before I even enter – completely unaware that I’m speaking doubt into my reality.

But fuck that. I don’t want to be held prisoner to that way of thinking.

I want to shift my focus to just in case it all happens in my favor.

Just in case it goes even better than expected.

Just in case I get exactly what I wanted and then some.

Just in case you tend to forget too – It always works out.

No Accidents

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Post 5 of 10 of LoveYourzStory’s Jhené Aiko Series. Inspired by “Limbo Limbo Limbo.”

I’m deep in my Jhené Era. She’s def the top artist I’ve been listening to on repeat for at least the last 6 months. This series will be a showcase of how her music has inspired me throughout this journey – the journey back to self✨️

I am exactly where I’m supposed to be.

Everything is calculated down to each second.

There’s no such thing as right place, wrong time.

Believe that some things were just never meant to happen.

I’m a firm believer that there are no accidents.

Each moment is strung together for a bigger purpose.

If everything is meant to be, there is no such thing as wasted time.

I used to mourn lost time, wasted time, too much time.

But everything is connected, there are no coincidences.

You will never be too early or too late for what’s yours.

Right place. Right time. No wasted time.

This Is Personal

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Post 4 of 10 of LoveYourzStory’s Jhené Aiko Series. Inspired by “Lotus – Intro.”

This transformation is personal. But don’t get it twisted –

I have nothing to prove to anyone, but everything to prove to myself.

My happiness acts as the biggest apology that I owe myself.

They say good girls finish last, but I beg to differ.

Pure hearts, pure intentions, and love is still where it’s at.

I refuse to water a dead plant, so I chose to water myself instead.

A flower blooms on its own time, and now it’s my season.

She’s motivated by the woman she once was.

So yes, it’s very personal – she chose herself.

This blooming garden is for me – I’m sorry it took so long.

Free

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Post 3 of 10 of LoveYourzStory’s Jhené Aiko Series. Inspired by “Speak.”

I’m deep in my Jhené Era. She’s def the top artist I’ve been listening to on repeat for at least the last 6 months. This series will be a showcase of how her music has inspired me throughout this journey – the journey back to self✨️

Airplane views

Learning to be unapologetically free in every sense: Mind. Body. Soul.

Free from all the expectations I once put on myself.

I am allowed to change directions whenever I please.

Free from the need to explain myself to others.

My heart and intentions are pure, I know my truth.

Free from the anxiety of what others may think of my art.

I don’t care if I’m cringe on the internet- fuck with it, or don’t.

Free from trying to fit a certain beauty standard.

Looks are only skin deep, I am truly 1 of 1.

Free from limiting beliefs that no longer serve.

That person isn’t me anymore, I will not get in the way of myself.

Free from settling for the bare minimum in all aspects of my life.

I deserve it all, and I will have it all.

How satisfying it is to be free to live, speak, and bask in my truth.