Now that I'm in my 30s, I feel like I've settled down. In my 20s, I probably spent my life crying. I often thought, "I can't move forward if I continue like this." But when I was around 28 or 29, I realized that the reason I was suffering and having such complicated feelings was because I didn't love myself.
As an only child, I was always lonely and longed for someone to love me. Whether it was my parents or my friends. I always felt like something was missing. At the time, I didn't have many people I could call "friends" and the only people I was surrounded by were my coworkers.
What I learned from that experience was that I shouldn't put my happiness in the hands of others, and that I needed to love and cherish myself more.
However, this way of thinking also has its drawbacks. Even if the relationship goes sour, you may think, "I can always remove that person from my life." To be honest, I may have become more selfish about myself than before, but this is because I'm trying to protect myself.
Thanks to this mindset, I'm 30 now and I think I'm probably the happiest I've ever been in my life! Looking back at my Instagram from my 20s, it seems like I was living a rather colorless life. Now, I can laugh more naturally and feel like I can do anything!
Recently, I've been thinking a lot about how I could survive without my parents, relatives, or friends. I don't know if I can actually do that, but I'm going to try my best.
