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on self-trust - Isabel Unraveled

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it's easier to shrug off responsibility than it is to carry it

I’ve been nurturing my relationship with myself for as long as I can remember. I started journalling religiously when I was about 13 years old. Not much has slid by me unexamined since then. I am pretty aware of my strengths, weaknesses, inclinations, inhibitions, tendencies, fears. I’ve been called “deep” for as long as I can remember. You’re always trying to put the pieces together, people would tell me. It’s true. I especially wanted to put my pieces together. I was desperate to develop a sense of self—to know who I was, what I stood for, who I was becoming. But I started off (like most…

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