“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.

It's going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense 
of direction. 


It's going to cost you relationships and friends. 


It's going to cost you being liked and understood. 


It doesn't matter.


The people who are meant for you are going to meet you 
on the other side. You're going to build a new comfort 
zone around the things that actually move you forward.


Instead of being liked, you're going to be loved. Instead of being understood, you're going to be seen.
All you're going to lose is what was built for a person you 
no longer are.

Remaining attached to your old life is the first and final 
act of self-sabotage, and releasing it is what we must prepare for to truly be willing to see real change.”

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