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Day #3 — Amsterdam
When I call my friend crying because I feel like my emotions keep going up and down she says back to me “Chelsey, I think it would be weird if you weren’t nervous about everything. Cut yourself some slack.”
I made a decision to be 100% responsible for my life and as little children, we don’t fully realize how much our parents work to make us happy. It's nauseating when you think about it. Unfortunately, to be happy in this society means having a lot of money to support everyone and everything.
I am going to circle back around to how frightening it is to be on your own in terms of money. I don’t want it to be frightening but since it is so new to me, it is frightening and I guess I should cut myself some slack. I just jumped onto and into a massive life-changing adventure and to not have my feet fully planted makes so much sense. I constantly have this pressure on myself that because I went through something crazy, no other pain and confusion can compare. I am seeing that that is not the case and I should probably burn that belief. I will constantly be faced with challenges and comparing everything to my past will only harm me.
Each day is a new day. Each day there is something to love.
As of now, I am using my savings from the past 20 years of my life. I shouldn’t be fretting but when I spend 16$ on a movie theater ticket and fall…
