Rita Mae Brown: "I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself."

Be the version of yourself that your ten-year-old self would have been proud of.

There is nothing wrong with wanting attention. It doesn’t make you selfish. It doesn’t make you desperate or pathetic or weak. It makes you human. We all want to be noticed. We all need to feel seen and heard and valued. And we all deserve to have those needs met. You are no exception. You deserve to take up space. You deserve to be acknowledged and loved and cared for. You deserve to shine. Don’t let anyone, including yourself, convince you otherwise.

Nothing is more beautiful than a confident woman who doesn’t pretend to be something she’s not.

You owe yourself an apology for ever treating yourself less than you deserve.

You are so much more than your productivity.