When the left side of my body went numb - by harpriya
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On recent health related incidents, financial insecurity, and freeing myself from being in survival mode the past few years.
It took me a really long time to admit that I was a financially insecure person. My father kicked me out of my home at 17 years old. And looking back now, I think I handled it fairly well. Survival mode kicked in. Survival mode is when you sacrifice the present for the future. It’s when you ignore your needs (physical, emotional, mental, etc.) at the current moment, temporarily, for the promise that the future would look better in return. I knew the best way out of my situation was education. I committed to teaching myself the skills I would need to be a version of Harvey Specter. I wanted…
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