Angela Denae- Intuitive Style Guide

My whole life, I’ve been told to tone it down.
Tone down how I dress.
Tone down what I say.
Tone down… how I laugh.

Yes, even my laugh. Gworrrllllll. It’s the kind people either love or it triggers the hell out of them. Either way, it sounds like a personal problem to me. But then, I took it as something I needed to fix.

After a while, I started adjusting without even thinking about it. Making myself smaller. Softer. Easier to take in. I told myself it was safer that way. But really, every edit I made pulled me further from myself.

On the outside, I still looked composed.
On the inside, my body knew it was a performance.
And it was tired.

Here’s what I’ve learned: some people are DEDICATED to misunderstand you.
And you can still stay with yourself.

If you’re unlearning over-explaining or going inside of yourself, save this one.