
The Arlee
Joined September 2018
31 stories
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Sweet tea addict, professional people-watcher, and recovering overthinker. Writing about whatever makes me laugh, cry, or holler “bless your heart.”
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Why I Stopped Trying to Be ‘Enough’ and Finally Found Freedom
For most of my life, I was on a treadmill, running faster, pushing harder, and trying to be “enough.” Enough as a mom, enough as a friend, enough at work, enough in every single role I thought I had to play. I thought if I just did more, smiled brighter, looked better, and kept up appearances, I would finally feel satisfied. I thought I’d finally fill that deep, aching hole inside me that kept whispering I wasn’t good enough.
By The Arlee6 months ago in Confessions






