“What if you didn’t have to try... it’s not giving up – it’s giving in to who you are.'
She wrote: "But if at once you don’t succeed, what if you didn’t have to try but could just *be* again?
“It’s not giving up – it’s giving in to who you are and what your actual gifts are, your true powers, letting go of the compare and contrast. Maybe that starts with the language we use to describe our efforts.” It's a beautiful description of self acceptance, and we could all be focusing on that as we grapple with our – albeit well-meaning –3 in 4 UK singles would still prefer an IRL meet-cute.Dunham closes out her inspirational post with a frank but funny outlining of who she is, warts and all – we love it.
"So, new year same me: hello, I’m Lena. I live to write, I have an uncanny knack for names I don’t need to remember, there are eight different shades of green paint in my house and I’ve listened to Prince and wept at least once a month in 2022. “I tried to allocate my time thoughtfully, greet the day with enthusiasm and not get snippy with my mother. I tried tobefore midnight and clear my mind by walking. By the metric of trying, I failed. But if I’m just being, then it’s a dance. It’s back and forth, in and out, possible and impossible. And it’s all part of it. Yes, 2023, you can have this dance.”
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