When I was young, I would always forge my mom’s signature on everything: on school documents, to attend field trips, at the doctor’s office, everywhere without fail. I suppose I never knew what the impact of it was or why the assumed approval mattered so much.
Yet, somewhere along the way of getting older, I stopped assuming and said “no” to myself before I could even ask the question.
As I got older, I stopped giving myself permission slips.
It has taken me YEARS to figure out how to say “yes” to myself, to allow myself to live the experiences I always wanted and introduce myself to situations I used to dream of. It’s like, I was waiting for someone else to come in and save me by giving me everything I needed. I hate to break it to ya, but that person is YOU.
YOU need to believe that you can achieve anything. YOU need to believe in yourself so hard that others can’t do anything BUT support you. YOU need to put yourself into the right situations and ask the right people for help.
YOU need yourself permission slips now. We’re all counting on you.