Don’t Compare Your Journey to Anyone Else’s

This image speaks to me. As an advocate of sexual violence, I receive a lot of messages from survivors about how they wish they had the courage to speak out. To all my warriors - This is what I want you to know: where I am now is what you may consider my chapter 20. It wasn’t until chapter 17 that I had the desire and ability to even fathom an organization like Anonymous Angels. It wasn’t until chapter 18 that I put the ball in motion and started planning what this group would look like. It wasn’t until chapter 19 that I launched this page (and I should mention - between chapter 18 and 19 was a lot of self-doubt, questioning whether I would ever launch this organization). And here we are at chapter 20. 

I struggled a lot for a long time. The simplest task like getting out of bed was such a struggle. I was so consumed with what happened to me I struggled to function day to day. It wasn’t until very recently that I started to sleep through the night sometimes. If I’ve learnt one thing about healing, it’s that it’s a process - a long one. Day to day things don’t seem to change much but I look back and wow - every thing is so different.

I think social media makes it effortless for us to constantly compare ourselves to others. All I can say about that is that social media doesn’t even give the slightest glimpse into someone’s real life. It’s very difficult to know what’s going on in other people’s lives so don’t be so quick to assume that everyone else has their life together except you. 

My advice: dont concern your self with how it appears others are doing. Appearances are deceiving. Focus on yourself. After all - YOU are what matters. 

Don’t Compare Your Journey to Anyone Else’s

Focus on yourself. After all - YOU are what matters.