You Were Never a Project

Close your eyes.
Feel the weight of your body,
the ground beneath you,
the quiet support that is always there.
Take a deep breath in…
Hold it for a moment.
And let it go.

Let yourself arrive here.
Not to improve.
Not to fix.
Not to check off another box.
But just to be.

Let this breath be the first thing today that doesn’t ask you to perform something.

Let your body be still.
Let your breath be easy.

Maybe you’ve been living inside the loop of doing.
Maybe your mornings feel like a race to feel okay.
Maybe you've gathered all the tools, and still feel tired.

Breathe into that.

You’re not doing it wrong.
You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.

You’re just tired of treating your aliveness like a project.

Breathe in... the truth that you are allowed to pause.
Breathe out... the pressure to earn your peace.

Let your nervous system rest.
Let the part of you that always needs to be “getting better” soften for a moment.

There is nothing you need to achieve right now.
There is no gold star for being the most well.

Just you.
Just this breath.
Just this quiet reminder:

You were never a project.
You are a person.

Breathe in... your enoughness.
Breathe out... everything that tries to tell you otherwise.

If you’re holding anything right now — an expectation, a judgment, a to-do that’s clinging to you —
just notice it.
And gently let it drop, for now.

You can pick it up later.
But for now… let yourself be held.
Unmeasured.
Unoptimized.
Unperformed.

Take one last deep breath in…
Hold it...
And exhale, letting it all go.

Let this be enough.
Let you be enough.

You are not here to perform your humanity.
You are here to live it.