23 June 2022
The Princess Royal, Patron, Transaid, attended the Malcolm Group's Centenary Luncheon at the Donald Malcolm Heritage Centre, Burnbrae Drive, Linwood, and was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire (Colonel Peter McCarthy).
📹: The Malcolm Group
I've been defining my boundaries lately and it's Hella uncomfortable.
-I told my manager I wouldn't take on two more projects because my plate was full. If I don't take care of my wellbeing then I'm just a bankrupt idealist.
-I stood my ground with a man who tried coming back into my life after he lied to me about his girlfriend. Behavior has consequences, and even though I do miss him, I deserve men in my life (even as friends) who are honest with me. I wish them nothing but healing. Universe has been really cleaning out the toxic men in my life lately.
-I told my cousin, who played a 'joke' on me by texting me their new number without telling me who they were, which scared me bc I thought it was some dude harassing me, that I wouldn't engage with em after I asked twice who they were and stopped responding. Family boundaries are weird and new to me because in the past, I feel like if I stood up for myself, it would mean I wouldn't be loved? Its something im trying to dismantle. Anyways my cousin apologized.
I wanna fucking cry because I feel guilty and scared all time 😭 but I know this is a good thing and imma be like Bambi at first with shakey legs as I learn how to walk.
It's also scary being on my own and not accepting the men I use to in the past. However I know it's because if i want someone healthy, or aspiring by actually doing the work on themselves, then it has to be clear in my area in order for me to receive. It's just sometimes lonely. Sometimes. But I'm learning how to navigate through it. I think of a little sapling that represents my self love and having to take care of it. It's new but it will grow.