Pause. Feel that?

Hey babe 🖤

I don’t have a lesson today.
No framework.
No “do this, then that.”

Just some thoughts I didn’t edit
because editing is usually where we lie to ourselves.

Lately, I’ve been noticing how much effort it takes to maintain a version of yourself.

Not improve.
Maintain.

The version that:

• doesn’t say too much

• doesn’t feel too deeply

• doesn’t change her mind

• doesn’t make things awkward

That version is exhausting.

I’ve also been noticing how we call it “growth”
when really, it’s just tolerance.

Tolerating conversations you’ve outgrown.
Tolerating dynamics that feel off.
Tolerating people who only understand the old you.

And we stay because:
“Nothing is technically wrong.”

That sentence has trapped more women than red flags ever did.

Here’s another thing.

You don’t actually want more motivation.
You want permission to stop pretending.

To stop forcing yourself to fit into spaces you already know aren’t aligned.
To stop explaining your dreams to people who don’t live that way.
To stop shrinking your plans so they sound realistic to everyone else.

You don’t need confidence.
You need the right environment.

Because who you’re around matters more than what you say you want.

You want discipline?
Be around disciplined people.

You want money?
Be around people who talk numbers, not vibes.

You want peace?
Stop romanticizing chaos and calling it passion.

You don’t rise to your intentions.
You rise to your surroundings.

That’s not mindset, that’s reality.

And yeah, this part is uncomfortable:

Some people will not make it into your next chapter.
Not because they’re bad.
But because they don’t speak the language of who you’re becoming.

You don’t owe everyone access to the future version of you.

Another quiet truth?

Clarity isn’t loud.
It doesn’t argue.
It doesn’t beg.

It just sits there, waiting for you to stop negotiating with yourself.

And once you see it
you can’t unsee it.

That’s when things get real.

This era isn’t about doing more.
It’s about lying less.

Less pretending.
Less performing.
Less explaining.

More choosing.
More alignment.
More “this actually makes sense for my life.”

If this feels confronting, good.
That means you’re close.

If it feels calming, even better.
That means you’re already there.

Either way
welcome to the new era 🖤

🎧 Song on repeat: FKA twigs – “Two Weeks”
Feel the new era by listening to this song.

Felipa XOXO💌