Reclaiming Your Individuality in Relationships

Stop waiting for your partner to complete you because that's the exact mindset that destroyed

my healthiest relationship. I spent my early twenties thinking I needed someone to validate my existence,

so I molded myself into whatever my boyfriend wanted. I abandoned my photography hobby because he

thought it was boring. I skipped girls' nights because he preferred I stay home.

Then one random Tuesday, I'm scrolling through old photos and I find this picture

of myself at 19, laughing with friends at an art show I organized. I didn't even recognize

her. That version of me was so alive, so full of dreams. The plot twist?

My boyfriend didn't ask me to give those things up. I did it myself because I thought