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I love relationships — friendships, romantic interests, work friends, mentors, basically any type of collaboration.
What this extroverted nature brought me was an abundance of relationships. But out of the people that I was surrounded by one year ago, only a handful share the same values that I hold now.
Growing Apart
In all healthy relationships — romantic and platonic — there is a mutual understanding, trust, and care for the other person.
For example, I knew that I could say no if someone asked me to do something that I didn’t want to do, and that my right to say no would be respected.
Side note: If you’re in any type of relationship where your words aren’t respected, run.
However, even when I was saying no to individual things, I was ultimately still saying yes to the relationship.
By staying in a relationship that no longer served me, I was still giving part of my energy and time to a cause that I truly didn’t want anymore.
There will be a time where you have to let go. It is inevitable that some relationships will end, and that’s okay.
