Something I’m Still Unlearning

I’m still unlearning the need to explain myself.

Why I said no.

Why I’m tired.

Why I changed my mind.

Why I don’t want what I used to want.

I was taught that clarity required justification. That boundaries needed reasons. That my choices should make sense to other people.

They don’t.

I am still unlearning people-pleasing dressed up as kindness. Still unlearning guilt that isn’t mine to carry. Still unlearning the reflex to shrink when I feel inconvenient.

Growth isn’t loud. It’s quiet rewiring.

And unlearning is uncomfortable — because it means admitting some things you believed kept you small.

Tomorrow’s prompt: The first thing I ever saved my own money for.