01/30/2026
Aging has a way of quieting the noise you once mistook for direction. You stop chasing every opinion, every invitation, every version of who you thought you needed to be. Peace becomes more valuable than being liked, and depth begins to matter more than being seen.
You learn that not everything deserves your energy, your explanation, or your emotional labor. What stays is what feels steady. What goes is what required you to abandon yourself to keep it.
That discernment is not loss. It is wisdom settling in.
