Check into self. Check in often. Mind. Body. Spirit. Every ounce. At first it feels weird, honouring your sadness or pain. Feeling it out. Letting it be normalized and pass through you. Analyze the cause, realize the wound... figure out how to fix it. It might not mean right away... but you learn. Every day. Little by little. You figure it the **** out. It means letting yourself cry, fully and earnestly. It means paying attention to cause and effect. Learning your body, your needs, your wants. You get through it. You survive another challenge and the truly wise prevent themselves from having to relearn the lesson time and time again. Loving yourself isn't easy, especially when you know your own flaws... but you can. It means putting up appropriate boundaries - not barriers, yet still remaining open and vulnerable. It means taking care of your core - maintaining health, habits and the hierarchy of needs. It means growing the **** up and facing the truth of the situation and doing what you need to in order to work with it. Creatively problem solving my way through the muck and the mire. Welcome to Adulthood, *****. No matter if the sun is shining, or the rain is storming... if the world can't figure out if it's burning away, crumbling apart or drowning... you do your best. Lessgo!