there is no peak

words of inspiration from ask polly:

But it sounds like you might be looking for a kind of road map that will move you from squishy to peak radish — “peak radish” here serving as shorthand for living out loud, giving zero fucks, taking no prisoners, showing yourself to the world without fear, believing in yourself, being in the zone at last, and a million other triumphant things we associate with confidence and freedom and personal flair.

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So here’s the main thing I want to say to you: There is no peak. You are where I am. We both have magic, but we both have to dig for it.

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That’s all I really did. That’s all I still do, day after day. I decide, over and over again, that it’s going to be okay for me to be a fucking human. And when I make room for the so-called darkness, when I make room for rejection, when I make room for the fact that I can’t always move in straight, decisive lines, that’s when magic starts to happen.

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That’s what understanding your worth is all about. You aren’t worthy because you’re better than everyone alive. You aren’t worthy because you own more magic, or you cracked the code, or you improved yourself to infinity and beyond. You are ALREADY worthy, right now. We are all worthy. We are all made of magic.