Forget Whoever I Thought I’d Be — The Real Flex is Embracing Who I Am

Can you love yourself and not just the aspirational version?

Can you love yourself and not just the aspirational version?

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I was always aspiring — to be someone or something else. I was good at escaping into my imagination, and when I envisioned a future, I often thought about the kind of person I wanted to be. For a long time, I chased that idea. She’d be more polished. She would cert…