{"id":1054810,"date":"2021-03-16T11:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/?p=1054810"},"modified":"2021-10-28T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:45:46","slug":"i-hope-you-know-that-you-are-doing-better-than-you-think-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/jacqueline-whitney\/2021\/03\/i-hope-you-know-that-you-are-doing-better-than-you-think-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"I Hope You Know That You Are Doing Better Than You Think You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even if you don\u2019t see it, you are doing better than you give yourself credit for. Even if you have no idea what\u2019s going on or where you\u2019re supposed to be, you are doing better than you think you are. Even if you don\u2019t feel it, peace surrounds you.<\/p>\n

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Handwritten by Jacqueline Whitney.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You are not failing if you are trying your best. You are not failing if the results you want aren\u2019t showing right now. Even if decisions you make now affect you later negatively, in the end it will be okay anyway. Choose your truth over fear. Choose to step out on your own, knowing that whenever you need support, someone will be there. Choose to choose yourself over anyone else.<\/p>\n

What is best for you will find you. What is meant to be will come to be. Life is a rhythm of highs and lows and in-betweens, but it is all apart of your story. It all matters. Because even if something isn\u2019t meant to happen, redemption and healing can always happen. Mistakes can always be forgiven. Freedom can always be found.<\/p>\n

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Excerpt from Beyond Worthy, a poetry collection for mental health awareness.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You are free to be whoever you dream to be. You are deeply loved through it all. At the end of the day what the matters most is how we make other people feel, how we impact them, how we make their life a little bit brighter every moment we have with them.<\/strong> Money matters, but not the most. Pleasure matters, but not the most. Connection matters. Memories matter. Laughter matters. You matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Choose your truth over fear. Choose to step out on your own, knowing that whenever you need support, someone will be there. Choose to choose yourself over anyone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36248491,"featured_media":964845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"thoughtcatalog_call_to_action":"","tc_post_redirect":"","thoughtcatalog_is_sponsored_content":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[603198233],"tags":[10166,5004,15433],"anchortext":[],"posttemplate":[603196126],"adcampaign":[],"coauthors":[433431969],"class_list":["post-1054810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-self-help","tag-inspirational","tag-mental-health","tag-wellness","featured_content-ftrd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/affection-couple-dawn-2494701.jpg","author_meta":null,"photo_credit":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36248491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054810"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054818,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054810\/revisions\/1054818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054810"},{"taxonomy":"anchortext","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/anchortext?post=1054810"},{"taxonomy":"posttemplate","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posttemplate?post=1054810"},{"taxonomy":"adcampaign","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adcampaign?post=1054810"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1054810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}