I have found the love of my life, and it is me. You must first love yourself, because no one can love you like you do. It's a true statement because love yourself equals confidence and self-acceptance. Love opens doors to standards, values, knowing yourself, believing in yourself and meeting different people. It's a process and a deep journey to fall in love with yourself. In my own personal experience, loving myself has been a journey. I'm not perfect, I have flaws and deep issues that make me just me. There are a few things I love about myself: I'm passionate, I stay in my lane, I apply logic, I'm shy, I'm cute, I'm a writer, and I'm creative.

My love affair began with me not liking myself. Over the last decade, I have been through a lot. It has tested me, and it has broken me into a million pieces. I caused myself to feel hurt and blamed myself for everything. My excuse was that bad things had happened to me. It's always makes me feel sad that letting the outside voices voice and affect me. I had a problem with myself and took a long time just to be myself and not perform. After turning 18, I didn't know anything and I was just living then. I did go to college for six years and that was my life. As an adult, I went to college, then graduated from grad school, and then worked full-time in a field that wasn't my own. The year 2022 marked the beginning of a new era in my life after I became socially aware and began living intentionally. 

After I started shifting my mindset and letting go, the situation started changing. I bullied myself and downplayed everything. I got intentional about my life. I see things differently from around me. I take self care seriously and that's me caring for myself. All my solo time was changing me for the better. I woke up one day with a different outlook on myself. What I hate about me is what I truly love about me I'm not a normal woman but that's okay. I don't live like other women: I'm broke, not in a relationship or have friends, no career, and still live at home. Self-acceptance is how I feel in love with myself. I'm just who I was meant to be. I don't listen or subscribe, society presumes, and they will never control me. I'm an individual and not everyone's cup of tea. I'm a woman who stands her own.