This morning on my quest to find my authentic self I realized I need to let go of the clutter in my head. I often ruminate and overthink and analyze and make excuses for myself and other people. Some of those people don’t deserve that head space anymore, however I will be eternally grateful for their influences in my life. Some of them taught me things about myself I likely would have never discovered otherwise, both good and bad. I’m stronger and wiser and much more self-confident now because of them. Today I mentally said thank you to all of them for what they brought me and then I let them go – kind of like Ariana Grande without the next.

In truth, there was a little bit of pain, because they mattered. There was a lot more peace though and another step forward.