It’s absolutely understandable why you doubt yourself + feel held back. Our culture is not set up for you to thrive, not even close.
You feel immense pressure to be “productive” and work all the time, even at the expense of your health, wellbeing, and happiness.
You were never shown how to prioritize + schedule your own needs, instead you were taught to make everyone else happy first.
Growing up you did not see your self or your body represented in magazines, advertisements, movies, or television.
You often worry about what other people think about you because you were shown that their opinions of you were more important than your own.
You were not taught by your parents or schools about the multifaceted ways to express your gender identity or love for other humans in non-hetero ways.
You’re still just figuring out how to manage your money + the inherent power that comes with it because historically women + non binary folks have not had access to these resources.
You were never taught how to invest financially in yourself, plan for the future, or have a reciprocal + sustainable relationship to money.
These problems did not start with you.
They are the result of hundreds of years of oppression towards women, people of color, queer, trans, non-binary, and disabled humans.
They are byproducts of systemic issues that effect us all such as: patriarchy, capitalism, white supremecy, colonialism, cis/hetero normativity, and ableism.