On building a self-worth that doesn't move when other people do. There's a version of you that doesn't flinch. Not because nothing touches you, but because nothing reaches the foundation. Someone praises you and it's nice, not necessary. Someone leaves and it stings, but it doesn't dismantle you. That version isn't colder than who you are now - it's more rooted. The work of getting there was never about caring less. It's about finally being the one whose opinion of you counts the most. Most people hand that job to everyone else. They wait to be chosen, validated, reassured and they call the waiting "love." This is about taking the job back.
