I think a lot of us tell ourselves that we damn near need a whole new life… Like if we could just start over, get a clean slate, or change a lot all at once then it’d be problems solved, just like that. But I’ve been realizing that we don’t actually start over the way we think we do. We just carry the same habits, the same reactions, and the same ways of thinking into something new and hope it plays out differently this time. And maybe it does feel different enough at first. But sooner than later, you start to notice the same patterns showing up again… just in a different setting this time. That’s what’s frustrating. Because it’s not an easy shift but nothing really changes until you start paying attention to what you keep repeating and actually do something different with it. It’s not always an obvious answer but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s where the shift actually happens. . . #emotionalpatterns #selfawareness #breakthecycle #selftrust #innerwork