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6 Signs To Look For When It’s Time For A Change

Staying past your due date is wasting time you’ll never get back

5 min readAug 9, 2020

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Appreciate what you have — we all learn that lesson sooner or later. Especially when said possession is good (or was good).

As you get older that starts to rings truer — you lose homes, friends and family. Whole sections of your life become non-recognisable with time and all you want to do is hold on to things.

The younger me was shockingly callous. I was thoughtless about throwing away whatever was in my hands to get to the next thing. The next thing was always going to be bigger and better. It was going to be all that I wanted and more.

The older, wiser me knows that few good things come easy. My hands have become vice grips — securing everything I value. Best believe I’m squeezing out every last spray of joy I can from them, and even after that.

I hate my job. So what? Stick it out, unemployment is a b*tch.

I’ve fallen out of love with my husband. And? Suck it up, loneliness is a b*tch.

This situation makes me feel like I’m drowning. Good, least you got water. Stop being a little b*tch.

Settling for a life of unhappiness can sneak up on a body. Ironically, the better the start…

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Selali Onuoha

Entrepreneur. Reader. Life-long Learner. I write to educate and inspire. She/her. Contact: mno22@cornell.edu