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I Started Paying Attention to Small Comforts

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For a long time, I thought comfort was something you earned after everything else was done. After work. After responsibilities. After taking care of everyone else. It felt like a luxury, not a priority. So I ignored the small signs. The way I avoided certain chairs. The way I stood near walls instead of open spaces. The way I planned outfits around what felt safest, not what I actually liked. None of it felt serious enough to stop and think about. It was just how things were. But small discomforts have a way of staying with you. They follow you into ordinary moments. Standing in line. Sitting in meetings. Laughing with friends while quietly adjusting your posture. You don’t complain because nothing is technically wrong — but you’re never fully at ease either. I didn’t wake up one day and decide to change anything. I just reached a point where I noticed how much energy it took to feel “fine” all the time. That surprised me. I hadn’t realised how much space it was taking up. What helped ...
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Some Days Feel Heavier Than Others

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I don’t think we talk enough about the quiet days. Not the bad days where everything goes wrong, and not the good days either. I mean the in-between ones. The days where nothing terrible happens, but something still feels off. You wake up, go through your routine, answer messages, do what you’re supposed to do — and yet there’s a small weight sitting somewhere you can’t quite point to. For a long time, I thought that was just adulthood. Work gets busy. Life fills up. You get tired. You tell yourself everyone feels this way, so you don’t question it too much. You keep going. But over time, those little feelings stack up. You stop wearing certain clothes. You rush past mirrors. You notice you’re always adjusting something — your posture, your sleeves, your mood. Not because you hate yourself, but because you don’t feel fully comfortable either. I didn’t realise how much space that took up in my head until it started easing. It didn’t happen all at once. There was no big decision or drama...
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