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collecting moments, not things. taken in Auburn, New York by @cthomp.5

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a year ago

stacking days. by @cthomp.5

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7 months ago

just doing a little field research 🚜 by @cthomp.5

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7 days ago

a little bit of both will do by @cthomp.5

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a month ago

Birthdays have had a way of making me realize things in my life differently. After 23, this has been gathered.

For a while, I thought growth would feel more obvious than it does. I thought success would eventually make me feel certain, as if I would reach a point where I knew exactly who I was, where I was going, and what I was doing.

That hasn’t really been my experience.

A lot of growth has looked like changing my mind, outgrowing things I once wanted, admitting when something wasn’t working, and starting over without knowing whether the next attempt would be any different.

I used to depend heavily on motivation. If I felt inspired, I could convince myself that I was finally becoming the person I wanted to be. When that feeling disappeared, I would wonder if I even was the person I thought I was.

I have came to realize, motivation was never intended to carry me every day. Discipline has mattered more, but even my understanding of discipline has changed.

I don’t see it as constantly pushing myself or never slowing down anymore. I see it as learning to have certainty in self, which is acquired through repeated proof. Keeping the small promises nobody else knows I made. Giving myself grace without using grace as a reason to stay the same.

There are things I thought I would have figured out by now. There are places I expected to be, plans that changed, and parts of myself I’m still learning how to accept. I’ve had to let go of the idea that my life needs to follow a perfect timeline in order to mean something.

There have been hard seasons, doubts I kept to myself, and times when I had to find a reason to continue. Not everything happened the way I wanted it to, but all of it has happened the way it needed to. I still have questions. I still have things I want to change and a life I’m working toward.

I don’t have everything figured out. However, I have started to painfully realize that maybe the goals or planned achievements and accomplishments I thought I once wanted were not necessarily the true definition of success, but merely checkpoints in a much larger end result.

“I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I do have”. by @cthomp.5

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2 months ago

doubt this will help the public perception taken in Starkville, Mississippi by @cthomp.5

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2 months ago

generational behavior by @cthomp.5

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2 months ago

if i’m lucky enough… by @cthomp.5

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3 months ago

from the vault by @cthomp.5

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5 months ago

“Fare favori senza rumore.” by @cthomp.5

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6 months ago

market, reps, risk. taken in Hidden by @cthomp.5

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7 months ago

lil bday excursion. taken in Orange Beach, Alabama by @cthomp.5

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a year ago