I get the good candles that smell like expensive hotels. I treat myself the way I'd want someone else to treat me, and honestly? It feels amazing! I'm learning what I like, what makes me happy, what my standards are.

People say "you shouldn't have to do that for yourself" and I'm like... but I WANT to! I'm not waiting around for someone to make my life beautiful. I'm making it beautiful right now, today, while I'm young and here and alive 🌟

Maybe this is the inexperience talking, but I think taking care of yourself - really taking care of yourself, not just surviving - is practice for letting someone else care for you someday. If I don't know how I deserve to be treated, how will I recognize it when someone does it right?

Plus my apartment smells incredible now and those tulips make me smile every single morning when I wake up 😊