©ashley dawn. 2011.

I made a decision today that everything in my life is about to change. maybe not necessarily today, or even tomorrow, but subtly with time, my life will be all about what makes me happy. which is what it should be about already, but i’ve spent so much time fiddling around with other people’s viewpoints on me and i can’t do that to myself anymore. it’s time that i poured my life into my creations, the people around me (that is, the people that care about me), the landscape i’m in, my family, everything. never again will i settle for people that think less of me for any reason, i don’t have time for people that make me feel any less than myself, and any less than completely happy. and i don’t have time for activities or anything else that makes me think less of myself or makes me feel any less than completely happy.

i’ve made this change once before, it was hard. but after all the work i put into myself, i let it slip. i can’t let these things slip, i have to be happy on my own permanently & always.

here’s to finding all of that again.