The elite capture of Substack - by Cydney Hayes

One thing I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older is that, no matter how much you try to change them, eventually you’ll find certain parts of yourself that just are the way they are. These parts of yourself are not always the way you want them to be, or the way other people want them to be, but it’s often in your best interest to let them be, and let them inform who you are naturally. I’ve written about this a bit before: Yes, yes, people are capable of change and personality is a myth, but the fact remains that you’ll find some aspects of yourself are fluid, and others are basically fixed. For example, when I was 12 I used to try to do all these workouts to make my legs slimmer, as, you know, 12-year-olds tend to do, because one time at recess a friend poked my thigh and said “Wow, huge.” And like, lol! Thanks girl! For a long time I thought the solution was to generally lose weight, but after living many years at many different weights I know now that I just have thick legs. That’s just wh

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