シャドーイング練習: The Lonely Chapter: Letting Go of Pressure, Finding Your Purpose - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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There's no way that this has a blessing in it
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if it's taking me away from the thing that gives me also so much purpose in my life.
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I would always get comments of like, you're so strong in modesty, but like, no, I struggle.
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I do struggle and I think it's normal to struggle and I think it's okay.
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Honestly, I don't even know who that person was
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because I was in this like state of mind where I need to find a person because of the pressure.
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I honestly kind of just had a wake up call and I was like, I'm Liana Diem.
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This is being human.
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I'm glad you're here.
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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Being Human.
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I am doing a solo episode today and I'm honestly
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so excited because I actually just finished doing a guest episode and this is probably like the second solo.
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I think the first one was just like the intro
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and I really want these episodes to kind of be about my life in real time
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and what I'm currently going through
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and I mean by the time this podcast comes out it
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would have been like a couple of weeks since being michigan
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but i just got back from michigan and dearborn specifically
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which is where my sister's at because she just had a baby
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and i honestly i love children both of my sisters have children i have a sister here in austin
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and then another sister in michigan and so
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when i was in michigan it was honestly like amazing spending time with family
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and everything but now both of my sisters are married
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and they both have kids and I am the only one who is not married
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and who doesn't have kids and
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so there is kind of this pressure put onto you
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and I feel like women whether
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that is like I think it's more of like a societal thing it's just this kind of expectation
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that you kind of have to get married young
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and have children from a young younger age like 20s like
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early 20s otherwise you're kind of like losing time anyways being there
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and everyone always asking me you know it's your turn like
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are you finding a man are you talking to people
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when do you want to have kids last year
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when i was living in new york i really went through
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a chapter where both of my sisters had just gotten married
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and i felt like okay i really need to find a husband like i need to find partner
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and i got
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so caught up with the feeling of i am going to be alone forever like i thought
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that i would be alone forever and i would just force things in a way
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that i knew i shouldn't have been doing in terms of talking to people
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that i shouldn't have been talking to things i was lowering my standards
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so much honestly i don't even know who that person was
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because i was in this like state of mind where i need to find a person
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because of the pressure that was put onto me.
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And now I'm at a point in my life where I'm really like, you know what?
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You can say whatever you want.
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You can have this expectation that you think that I should be getting married and having kids right away, but I know I'm not ready.
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And it's not like I don't want love.
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Okay.
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As women, as humans, we want love.
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We want a partner.
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We, you know, we just love connection.
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And I think that it's such a beautiful thing, but sometimes when you are trying to find it trying to rush it it's actually not the right time
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because maybe you are not ready to receive love
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and I don't think I am I don't think I'm ready
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right now in my life even though I do want it I don't want kids yet
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because to be completely honest the next five years of my
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life I feel like I really just want to focus on my career focus on my craft
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and it's not even this thing of like you know I don't want a man
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or something or like you can't have a man and be a successful woman at the same time.
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Like, I do believe that that is real with the right person.
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It's all timing, though.
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Let me just talk about my experience, okay?
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This was actually recent.
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I stopped looking for love, and then it started to come a little bit more naturally.
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And I was like, you know what?
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Let me just try.
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So I tried talking to a person.
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All the boxes were checking off, okay?
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And then it was like I started to realize
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my time was being taken away from me because my focus was not there.
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I wasn't focused on my career.
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I wasn't focused on my craft.
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And when I mean career, I always think of things as purpose.
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Our purpose in this life is not just to get married and have children.
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Yes, that's a beautiful part of life, but I truly believe that every single person on this earth has a purpose.
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And when you are so consumed in love and, you know,
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wanting a text back or you just get so caught up that sometimes you don't even focus on your career or anything.
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And that's what was happening to me and I was like there's no way
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that this has a blessing in it
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if it's taking me away from the thing that gives me also
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so much purpose in my life which is doing this
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which is creating which is putting out content for you all being able to connect
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and truly truly like share my experiences I wasn't sharing my experiences I it wasn't a sign
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that it was right and I also was ignoring
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so many red flags and I was compromising I was compromising because I felt like you know,
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maybe I, maybe I should just settle and have love right now.
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And maybe I can change the person long -term, you know?
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And I don't believe anyone comes perfect because we are not perfect as humans.
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And I feel like when you are in a relationship, there are going to be compromises where, you know, you do have to work on things as people.
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But when you consistently see so many red flags and where you're like, okay, you know, I could change this thing or like this person promises you also that they're going to change is like,
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no, I prayed to God for a sign of, is this person right for me?
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And then it was not right.
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There was many clear signs and it took me a while to get over it because I was like, okay, I need to just stop talking to this person.
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But I felt like, I don't know, I enjoyed talking to someone.
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I enjoyed the connection with a person, but I realized I enjoyed it because I was escaping from something.
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I was escaping from from things that I needed to work on myself.
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I didn't always love being alone in terms of like a quality relationship with myself, my time.
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And I think that sometimes we can search for love
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or search for a person because we are kind of trying to run away from things
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that we need to address first before a person does come into our life.
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Because when you're not working on yourself
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and trying to develop a stronger relationship with who you are
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and what you love in this world and you know your purpose
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and where you're getting your drive from sometimes a person can come into your life and have
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so much control over your emotions your mood your time your energy to the point where you forget about yourself
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and this doesn't only happen when you're you know single
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and trying to find a person it can also happen
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when you are in a relationship
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and then you realize later on it's like holy like i
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i didn't even build a relationship with my own self i'm kind of going off topic here
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but like i realized
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that i need to really love my own time pour into me way more
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and i wasn't doing that
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and i was trying to i was i was trying to fill the void with people
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and sometimes it's not just people it could be other things in our life
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that we're escaping with it could be different kinds of like addictions
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or overly scrolling on social media or you know doing things
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that are not actually bringing you true fulfillment in your life
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and i think that when you are finding yourself escaping from something, you have to take a step back and think about why can I not just sit with myself,
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my thoughts, my emotions, and try to work through this.
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And so I honestly kind of just had a wake up call and I was like, I don't think I'm ready for love right now, even though I want it.
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And I really want to focus on building myself.
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And I truly believe that all of us should have a purpose before even finding someone. Because
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when you don't feel strong in yourself in your purpose in
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a person comes into your life you may allow disrespect like that's one thing is i allowed disrespect
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because i didn't respect myself and i didn't respect my time but
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when you start respecting yourself by sticking to your word sticking
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to a routine going to the gym eating clean then you start to just like have way more strength
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and more respect for yourself so
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when a person does come in you're like okay no i'm not tolerating anything less than what I want
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and I'm not even talking about like materialistic things I'm a
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person who's realistic in terms of I don't expect designer items
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all the time from my future partner do I want a
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person who is kind of on a similar wavelength as me
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yes for sure in terms of like mindset drive ambition
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or higher I wouldn't go it's not even like lower
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but one thing is I have tried it I've tried to
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talk to someone who you know might not earn as much for example
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and I know this is a very touchy subject
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but personally I never want to feel like I have to compromise on what I want in my life
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or stop buying things for myself or you know
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if I'm paying for a certain amount of money in my apartment I have to stop paying
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that you know in like downsize for example because I have to make sure that the man doesn't feel emasculated.
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I really believe that like, you know, God can take away everything and like, you know, being humble and all these things.
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But like, there's a difference between being humble
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and then like not living the life that you want to live when you can afford it just to please a man.
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Basically, what I'm saying is now I'm in this lonely chapter of life, okay?
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And I've accepted it.
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And you know, it's so weird.
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Now that I've accepted that I'm in the lonely chapter and I don't want a person, it's like I now am attracting more.
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I'm attracting more options, more people coming into my life and like, you know, marriage proposals, whatever.
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And it's like becoming way more frequent.
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And I think that it's all, it's coming because I'm not looking for it anymore.
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When I was looking for it, it wasn't coming to me because I truly believe in the power of like mindset and the energy that you give off.
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It's the same with anything.
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Like if you were looking for a career, if you're looking for, you know, trying to build more wealth
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or you know finding a partner it's all about the mindset like you have to be ready to receive it and also
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just attracting it like I do believe everything comes from God yes
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but you also have to have this like this feeling of you know I am worth
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so much that I know that there is a person out there for me I know
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that I will attract this I know
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that you know money is meant for me because I have
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so much purpose in this life and I have
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so much to give to this world
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that I will be able to you know you know be
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compensated for your time it's not even about going in with
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the intention of like money hungry it's more of like you want to be able to live a life
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and you know earn from it at the same time and
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so that's the same kind of mindset of having of like
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you know i am going to be ready for a partner
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when the time is right and i know
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that the person coming into my life is going to be
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a loyal man is going to be respectful is going to be a provider
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and doesn't again only mean money it means like mindset being
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there for you taking care of you in times of hardship
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or maybe it's like both picking up chores around like little
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things like not expecting a full course meal prepared to him
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every single time like i grew up in a household where
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my mom she took care of the children she cooked she cleaned my dad was the you know the provider
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and stuff and as much as i love that dynamic
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and it's a full job in itself like mothers that go through
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that they don't get this and i've spoken about this on like a podcast
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that i did with um raven which will be coming out
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and we we talked about this of like mothers don't get the same recognition
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when it comes to you know cooking
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and cleaning around the house like it is a full -time job i don't see myself doing
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that because honestly i am kind of i'm not scarred for life
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but like seeing a woman go through so much
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and then not having the help of like her husband like
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even pick up a dish now i see my dad doing more dishes
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and stuff but like growing up and i love my parents
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so much but like growing up i never saw that and
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that is very common in my culture hispanic culture arab culture it's the expectation of women need to be this
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and some women want that but personally i don't because i
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i want my own power sometimes men take away your power
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if you don't have money
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if you don't have anything else going for you then taking care of the you know kids and cooking and again
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it's sometimes like 50 50 chance in terms of like having the partner who is a provider a male
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and he you know empowers a woman and you know wants more for herself
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and then there's there's a 50 50 chance of being with
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someone who can end up emotionally manipulating you with like money of like you know
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if you want to buy something but you don't have it
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but you're relying on a man what
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if you can't get the thing it's like what do you
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do then you don't have anything else going for you
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so like that is my fear and maybe that's a bit of trauma
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that i need to work with i'm speaking to this mic like it's therapy like a therapy session for real
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because honestly that is trauma that I feel whenever I get into conversations and try to talk to people is like, I'm going to have my own thing.
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You can't hold me back.
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Like I feel so masculine going into this, but maybe it's because I also haven't found a masculine man who can make me feel like in my feminine.
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And I truly believe that that is why I'm not ready for it is
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because I also need to unpack all of this.
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Like I need to let go of all these things before the person comes into my life.
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And now I'm in this lonely chapter since we are on the topic of choosing yourself
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because we don't have a person in our life i don't think
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so i think that loneliness
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because you can also feel lonely in a relationship sleeping next to a person
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that you don't even feel comfortable with there's so many people in marriages
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and relationships that feel that way and so i think
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that loneliness comes from a lack of working on your purpose me
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and gary brecca the podcast that we did we talked about isolation
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because whenever i went to new york i kind of like isolated myself
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but he was saying you're not isolated when you're working on your purpose even
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if you're away from people even
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if you're not in a relationship you are not isolated
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if you're working on your purpose and so that is why it's
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so important to have something you are working towards
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if you ever do feel lonely
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and of course there is the the side of like having a support system
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so whether that be from work or maybe it's family it could be your friends
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and not to the point where like you're depending on them
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for consistent reassurance consistent communication like i used to be this is
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so long ago to be honest i don't think i've ever spoken about this
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but me and my best friend whenever we were like i think it was like in the beginning of my
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career 20 -ish around that time we used to sleep on the phone together me
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and my best friend every single night because I didn't want to be alone.
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Like I literally did not want to be alone.
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And I think that now I've been living in an apartment alone for like five -ish years.
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And I just now am finally at peace with my own self.
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And it's taken so long to get here, but I wish I would have known it from the beginning of like, if I just poured into my purpose
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and poured into giving back to the world and occupying myself with things
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that really give me so much joy in life
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so it could be starting a new hobby like i picked up sewing
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and i'm starting to you know learn how to sew
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and i want to do different kinds of things where i feel like i'm showing myself love in different ways
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and it doesn't have to only come from a person because when we put so much
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expectation on people as well they will always let us down
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because we are imperfect as humans and we can never put so much focus on a person.
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For example, having more love for a person than God.
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And I, you know, it doesn't, it sounds kind of like crazy, but when you think about it, it's like sometimes you could go to a person about a problem that you're dealing with in your life
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thinking that they can solve this for you
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or like they're going to give you some form of advice that is going to help so much.
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But maybe they will give you advice.
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But at the end of the day, why are you putting all your trust into a person rather
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than your creator your creator is the one who can solve all your problems
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but sometimes we put more trust more expectations onto people
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and i think that there's this correlation to when you feel lonely
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when you feel isolated you're also not learning to fully fully turn to god in every moment of your life
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and you know i thought that i was even
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so close to god but it wasn't just about you know doing all my prayers
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and reading the holy book of my faith it was learning
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how to build a true genuine connection with god with the creator and like in my everyday life journaling my work
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when i wake up it's like this immense gratitude for your life right because
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maybe you are lonely but like look at a person who doesn't even have food it's just
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if you are more grateful in your life and you try to have this optimistic mindset more positivity in your life, you will start to just feel better.
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You're not going to overly focus on feeling lonely because one, you are occupying yourself with your purpose
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and your time is being spent on things that are actually bringing you so much more fulfillment.
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If you're not working on yourself, if you're not going to the gym, if you're not waking up and doing like some form of breath work,
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meditation, prayer, and you're just like opening up your phone right away, little things like scrolling on social media or having pointless conversations
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or watching things like shows that are going to make you feel less fulfilled, more empty inside.
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It's going to prolong this journey of feeling lonely and not in a good way.
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There should be a balance of like feeling lonely, but actually being at peace while you are alone because you realize
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that this is such a pivotal moment in your life where you are working on yourself.
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You're building yourself.
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So when that person is ready to come in, you will be able to receive them in such a healthy way.
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So I think that's really important is to like trust
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that god is going to bring a person into your life at the right time
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and to not let expectations of what other people want for
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you get to you you know some women are not able to get pregnant
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and god forbid that is any of us but like
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when i hear people say you know children are a woman's
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purpose maybe it's you know one part of We'll see you next time.
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our life.
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But what about the women that can't have kids?
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Are you going to say that she shouldn't go out
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and help this world in other different ways and get true fulfillment from that?
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And what about the women that don't even want children?
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There's this whole society thing of women need to go back to just taking care of the kids
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and taking care of the home and men be the providers, which is how it used to be.
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But honestly, I always take things back to even my faith of the women that were in at the time.
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They were entrepreneurs.
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They were businesswomen.
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They went out and did more for themselves
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but then my culture right culture faith being two different things
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is like the culture is saying like no women need to cook
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and clean at the house
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and then my faith is saying like no women can be true strong women
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that have such an impact in this world and
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so it's like i don't think that all women have to just settle down
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and have kids right away
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and i used to feel like i needed to explain myself like i remember i would sit
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and just explain why i am not ready and i would feel
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so empty after doing it
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because they would still not understand me like people won't understand you family won't
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and again like fear -mongering like you're running out of time you're not running out of time like me
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and my videographer were just having a conversation like our mothers had us at such a later age 38 36
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and you know that's not even i don't even think that's too old obviously it's different with women's bodies
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because we start to lose eggs and we go into like menopause
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and stuff which is you know different but i don't ever fear
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that i won't have kids because i do want kids but
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if i didn't ever have kids i always think about like
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if i have kids or like if i don't have kids
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and it wasn't written for me maybe it's because
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if i had children i wouldn't have patience
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and i wouldn't have treated the kids well or something does
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that make sense for example i struggle with patience and i know
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that like when i hear kids cry i i empathize
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but it's like mothers to go through what they go through with kids especially in public with toddlers screaming
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and like you can't control it you can't do anything i
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don't even know how it would be in the obviously you wouldn't do anything bad
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but it's like wow the patience and the tolerance
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that you have to have is that it's like i'm not ready for that
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and i think that's why again we have to think about
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things from a logical point of view like are you ready
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to receive something i kind of want to talk about what
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i also view love as in terms of this is turning into like lonely chapter
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but also like relationships i guess because i mean it's a parent in my life
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and i kind of want to just get this topic out
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because i've never really spoken about this it felt always
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so weird to talk about love and even the way
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that the movies
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and like shows portray love as i always would think it's like you know a fairy tale
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and you know you're supposed to love a person for the rest of your life
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and it's like a beautiful thing and i still do think
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that but i also think
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that like i don't know do y 'all think like love lasts forever
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or it's more of like you really build a strong connection with a person
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and of course there's love there
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but there's times where love looks hard like it looks ugly sometimes
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and as humans
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if we go through different periods of our life you're gonna
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have to find a person who's gonna ride through the highs
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and the lows and i view love as that
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and i also think i want a person i can grow
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and build with and so that means like
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when we're having conversations at the house i want to have
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someone who really understands me in terms of like we have similar similar viewpoints in life
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but also maybe it's like you're building something with a person because i feel like that
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kind of lasts even longer
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because it's like i don't know gosh i don't know i haven't been in a relationship in
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so long and i haven't really even shared
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that i've been in relationships on here
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because i always like i don't know i don't get scared of talking about my past
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but i've been in relationships where there was no i never went in with the intention
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that this person is someone that i can marry if that makes sense it was always like empty relationships and even
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waiting for the right person it can feel hard sometimes
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and not just having these like pointless conversations
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and like flings of course talking to people
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and experimenting with like you know is this person compatible
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and whatnot but when you're in pointless conversations or talking to people
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when you know that they're not right for you
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and you're just wasting time it's going to leave you feeling
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so empty inside and even myself like i would struggle with being a hijabi woman
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and i went from being looked at consistently from men
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and wanting that like i used to want that
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and i'm not saying every single woman wants attention it's obviously trauma
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and all these other things that you know
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that was coming out of it but like now being fully covered up
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and not getting the amount of attention from men it can
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be hard it can be also hard even feeling beautiful in the hijab
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or like finding a partner because again men are creatures of more physical
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and women we can lean into the more emotional side you know like sometimes
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when a man is not that attractive
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but he has a good personality we can be like you know um he's you know it's fine
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because he has a great personality he's funny he's kind he's loving but
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when a man is looking for a woman he has to be physically attracted to her like from the beginning
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because otherwise I don't know.
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It doesn't usually, like, I mean, in my cases, I just always feel like a man is a physical creature more than a woman.
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They're both emotional creatures, but like more physical for men.
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I truly believe that.
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So when I'm wearing hijab and I'm covering up, and I guess I would feel like I want that.
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Like I would want the attention again being covered.
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And it feels really weird saying that.
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But that's where I like go into this suppressing
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that need for instant gratification because
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if I am desired by a man who only wants me for the way that I look, it's going to be empty at the end of the day.
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You are going to end up feeling like, you know, where is the commitment from a man
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if he is only just wanting me because of the way that I look?
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Like, is he going in with the intention of marriage?
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Is he going in with the intention to pursue you long term?
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Or is it just kind of like a person to talk to?
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So whenever I look back at my past
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and I would have empty relationships it always made me feel worse even
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if i was just talking to a person and
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so that's why i also am like you know what i
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rather go through this lonely chapter of not talking to anyone
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because it's gonna make me feel empty
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if the person is not going in with the intention to
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truly truly marry me i also have spoken on my social
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media recently about not loving myself in the hijab as much
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but i think it was mainly
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because like we're coming off of ramadan well now this is going to be a couple weeks out later
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but like coming back off of Ramadan you're on this like
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spiritual high of fasting doing these extra acts of prayer and
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and stuff and then like you go from like
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that to normal life of course you're going to feel like a drop in faith
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and then I had to remind myself where am I going wrong am I praying all my prayers
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and am I being very intentional with my prayers like being very present with God
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because sometimes obviously in Islam we have five daily prayers
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and you kind of like recite something so it can be just a ritual
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but But it's so important that you're truly connecting with your soul to the creator in terms of like really,
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really like stepping away from the world and feeling this like disconnect.
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So kind of like when people go into meditation, like you're really sitting there and fully trying to take this in as like, you know, connecting with a higher power,
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thanking everything that you have and more of just, I don't know, just this relationship, this bond, this trust in a higher source that everything is going to be fine.
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So like, am I truly doing that in my prayer?
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and then the second thing was like what am i consuming
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because y 'all
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when you are consuming things it could be shows movies music
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social media constant comparison online as well we are living in
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a time where of course you know i love looking at
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things on social media of like you know fashion inspo
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or beauty inspo and all these things but sometimes you can get
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so caught up in looking at perfect women on social media
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and start comparing yourself start picking apart every single thing about you
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and it's like you want to start changing yourself
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or maybe it's like for some women it's like showing a little bit more
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because like you know maybe men will want
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that it's like everyone is on their own path on their own journey
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but it's like when you are kind of on this journey to consistently want validation
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and more so suppressing that need for it what you consume is going to be
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so important because it's all going to affect your soul at the end of the day
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and we don't think about it like that and that's the second thing and then the third thing is like
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really connecting with your scripture because obviously I mean I cover for faith reasons women
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that are on their modesty journey it's like why are you covering for example
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when I learned about the hijab a lot of people would
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tell me like you're wearing it for a man essentially
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because your husband one day he's the only one who's going to be able to see you
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that wasn't enough for me to put it on okay I
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was like no what's the benefit for women long term
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and it was more of the internal soul like focusing on
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that and so I learned that through scripture and so sometimes
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when i'm not connecting with the holy book of my faith i really go back and i'm like
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let me continue to build my relationship with it
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that is how i really built a strong relationship with god
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that's how i learned who god was that's how i learned
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how to live my life how to treat people better how
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to just always just come back to i don't know reality essentially it's like learning learning the text
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and i'm not talking about like just flipping through the book
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because when scripture is written from a long time ago it can just sound so old sometimes harsh too you're like, what is this scripture even really teaching me?
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And that's kind of when I like started diving into things, really researching on YouTube videos of like what this means.
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And so I feel so strong in my faith when I'm connected to the holy book.
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And then the last thing that I would really say is, are you putting full trust in God, the creator, whatever you believe in, like in terms of the path that is written for you,
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especially when it comes to like just being authentic and doing things
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that are aligned with you it's truly putting full trust
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that you know i'm not gonna have the what ifs feel uncertain
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because i know
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that god is always working in my favor there is always
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a blessing even in a hardship there's always a blessing in
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it it's teaching me something it's preparing me for something greater and i always look at life in that way and
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when i'm having these thoughts of like you know is hijab
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ever going to block me from blessings is it going to
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stop me from being successful ever i always come back to like let me fully trust
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god i put this on because i love the true meaning of it
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but sometimes when you're in a world where maybe you will get more opportunities
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if you look better
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or like you know it's driven by beauty for example then
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maybe you'll have more opportunities maybe people will listen to you more for example And so I think that like, I always remind myself, I'm not fully trusting God if I'm having doubts.
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And again, it's okay to have doubts, but like, I always remind myself of those things.
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And then I feel stronger in faith, especially I would say prayer is the foundation, really.
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I shared that on social media and I would always get comments of like, you're so strong in modesty, but like, no, I struggle.
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I do struggle.
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And I think it's normal to struggle.
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And I think it's okay that we're able to come on here and say that without, you know, well, I mean, to be honest, I put that up and people were like, oh my God, she's going to take it off.
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Like, bro, calm down i can come on here
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and be a human let's talk about building more strength with modesty not only prayers
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and acts of worship i'm talking more about like finding your style finding the things
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that you feel confident in
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because i am still in this journey of like trying to find my style a little bit
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and and really figure out the ways that i layer my clothes
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or maybe it's the silhouettes and i think
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that every single one of us has a different kind of shape
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and it's about finding the clothes that make you feel confident
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and obviously my level of modesty
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if you would say is like i try to avoid anything
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that is like super figure hugging because i have a shape
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and i have a body and in terms of like you know curves for example
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so it's kind of been a challenge for me because
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if i didn't have curves
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and you know a body i would be able to wear
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probably more things without having this fear of like okay you know my body looks this way
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or like because obviously you know hips and glutes
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and all these things and you go to the gym
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and it's like it's not considered modest to some people
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when you're in different outfits so now i'm like just trying to find my style
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and as i experiment oh my gosh i actually received a comment
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and i didn't even feel confident in this fit okay i put on a fit
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and i would receive a comment it was like oh well obviously this will be on youtube
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so maybe the girl who's tuning into this will you know
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it's your comment she was like girl you need to find a stylist these fits are not it and i was
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i take hate or like criticism i always take it like is it feedback
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that i can go and improve and work on i'm actually getting a stylist now
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but um i you know i've been trying to just figure it out
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and honestly comments like that though i think just
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when you're trying to you know give someone criticism always try
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to do it in a kind way thank god i'm strong
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and that i don't go and you know take off the hijab
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or get so upset about a negative comment
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because i i used to be so upset about comments
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but now i'm like nah if you got a comment
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and it's hey cool is there something
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that i can take away from it maybe
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but now i don't really care i think it's just like
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i don't know i've built the bone in me to not i've also been through
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so much on social media where people tried to come for
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me not my own community it's more my own culture tried to come for me
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and i was like you know what i'm not even gonna give into this
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and that truly built me so i think i can handle any kind of negative comment
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but like i think
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when it comes to even just women showcasing their journey with
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faith with modesty there's a lot of discouraging people out there
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and they call it like the haram police which means like
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if you're not you know arab
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or muslim it's like the faith police where they try to tear you apart for every little thing
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and there was actually like a whole thing
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that went online of like oh hijab is a journey
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so this guy basically like a lot of women will say you know hijab is a journey
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and i i do believe
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that hijab is a journey by like modesty levels is a journey because
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if you go from zero to 100 it's not sustainable it
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is not sustainable there was points in my faith where i went from zero to 100
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and i was like okay let me like calm down
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because i'm just going too far too quick for me i i went from shorts to leggings
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and then from sports bras to a crop top
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and you might think it's the same but no
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when you go from sports bras you're showing everything like your
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whole upper body then i went from crop tops where it's long sleeve
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so then it was like covering my arms
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and then i had to cover my stomach that was the next step
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and that's the journey that i went on
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and then it went to like baggy clothes and covering my hair
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and stuff which it's like women have to go through their own stages
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and work through it and find their own style with the hijab with modesty
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and it is a journey and with
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that journey there was like a man who came onto social media
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and he was like pretty well known in the space
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and he was like oh hijab is not a journey telling
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women to like shut up basically that's what he said
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and maybe he was joking but the context was not good
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and that's kind of the that's how the men kind of treat this space of you know women
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that are struggling with hijab and it's like you know telling them to take it off
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if they're not wearing it properly and stuff which i think is incredibly discouraging and again if you are trying to
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give love to people or like
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if you're trying to encourage people to be on a better
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journey it's like doing it with love not hate that's only
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going to push people away from even wanting to practice any kind of faith it's like leading with hate
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and i and i think
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that we're lacking character our soul it's definitely taking me time
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like it's been three years since wearing it i'm still trying to figure out my style
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and feel you know fully fully confident in it
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but i'm definitely like making progress like i'm i think also being in austin austin texas
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if you haven't been here before it's kind of an earthy
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vibe there's like a mix of la with a texas vibe
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a little bit um it used to be really weird in terms of like very i like the word earthy
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so i think that i can really experiment here without feeling judged
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and yeah it's not like dallas dallas is so
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so fixated on on status and materialism
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and here it's more of like just calm
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and people don't really care they just go about their business
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and so that's why I feel free to try outfits post them
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and then if you don't like them very sorry but I'm still trying I know I mentioned many different points
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talking about how like the expectations of women pressure from society
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from parents the lonely chapter struggling with modesty all these different
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things at the end of the day I think it really
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comes down to how you spend your time what you are truly driven by I think that when I tap into creating,
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connecting with you all, because this is my purpose.
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Being here, having conversations with people, talking about their struggles, the podcast,
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everything that I'm starting, it's all driven by a greater mission to impact other people in life.
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And that's where I get true fulfillment.
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That's where I feel strong in modesty.
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That's where I feel strong when it comes to loneliness.
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That's where I feel strong
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when it comes to not feeling the need to explain myself to people
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when they have a certain expectation of me
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and i didn't really even touch on this point
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but like family right i i had to go against my parents to pursue social media
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because my parents wanted a different path for me to go to school
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and you know get a degree and go work as a physician's assistant
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which is completely fine but it didn't feel right and i consistently felt like I needed to explain myself.
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So I had to take a route of going against them.
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And I'm glad I did because I went through so much.
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Was there many times where I failed and had to get back up and try again?
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Yes.
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But like I listened to my intuition of what I felt was right for me in that moment.
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And I'm glad I did.
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And I think that don't allow expectations to hold you back.
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Don't allow pressure or society to make you feel like you're running out of time.
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And yeah, really lean into finding your purpose in this life
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and you can't do that when you are consistently distracted
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and are not allowing yourself to sit in silence that's something
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that is very hard for us
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and by sitting in silence i mean not feeling the need to have something constantly playing in the background like
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when you're eating do you have to watch a show maybe you don't have time right
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and that's why you're watching a show or watching something
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but like try just try it sit alone no phone eat
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in silence do more things in silence instead of waking up first thing in the morning don't check your phone
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if that's not something that you're doing already do not wake up
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and check your phone right away the first like the first thing
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that you do same was like at night because that's
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when you also feel at your loneliest
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if you are in like a lonely chapter is like at
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night don't spend your time staying up late going on social media watching shows doing pointless things
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that are going to just take you out of feeling so strong in yourself.
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And I feel my strongest when I am consistent with my routine.
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I feel my strongest when I am disciplined and I'm sticking to my word.
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And you won't even think about feeling lonely because you have
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so much going on and you're giving back so much to the world.
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And, you know, it doesn't even mean, again, it's not social media.
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I'm talking about like your purpose in this life.
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Like figure out what that is if you haven't already done so.
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If you have, lean more into it or start doing things
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that truly give you fulfillment in life again it could be
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starting a side hustle it could be picking up new hobbies
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it could be spending more time with family it could be
652
starting a social media career like who knows what it is like
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or even just like picking up your phone
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and you know creating videos online of talking about your life
655
and trying to give back to the world with things
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that you go through like why not right
657
so just always have this mindset of like
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if i feel lonely I am not locking into my purpose enough
659
and just always reminding yourself of
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that is going to kind of just make you feel whole again I hope
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that you took away something from this podcast and I hope
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that if you are kind of in a similar journey you don't feel alone in it trust that you know
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everything comes at the right time at the end of the day truly truly trust in God's timing for you
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because he works in ways that we can never imagine
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and yeah you are never alone you know we're on this journey together.
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And.. yeah i hope you enjoyed this episode i will see
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you guys in the next one let me know what other
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topics you want me to speak about i will continue to like share real moments of my life
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but then again i want to talk about other kinds of topics
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that are maybe apparent in your life that you want me to speak about.
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So I love you guys so much and I will see you in the next episode.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が671文、単語が8440語あります。 音声の長さは40:06です。 話す速さは速く、1分あたり約210語です。音のつながりや弱く発音される音が多くなります。 単語の86%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。
この動画の重要語彙
動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| lonely 形容詞 | /ˈloʊnli/ | 寂しい |
| prayer 名詞 | /pɹɛɚ/ | 祈り, 祈祷 |
| expectation 名詞 | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | 期待, 予想 |
| mindset 名詞 | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | 考え方, 心理 |
| connect 動詞 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | 繋げる |
| podcast 名詞 | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | ポッドキャスト |
| topic 名詞 | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | 話題, テーマ |
| intention 名詞 | /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ | 意図, 意向 |
| cure 動詞 | /kjɔː/ | 治す, 癒す |
| creator 名詞 | /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ | 造物主, 作り主 |
| attract 動詞 | /əˈtɹækt/ | 引きつける |
| blessing 名詞 | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | 祝福, 恵み |
| silence 名詞 | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | 静けさ, 静寂 |
| remind 動詞 | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | 思い出させる |
| pour 動詞 | /poɹ/ | 注ぐ |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| wake up 動詞 | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | 目覚める, 目を覚ます |
| pick up 動詞 | 拾う, 拾い上げる | |
| calm down 動詞 | 落ち着く | |
| come out 動詞 | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | 出る |
| grow up 動詞 | 成長する, 大人に成る | |
| come back 動詞 | 戻る, 帰る | |
| give back 動詞 | 返す | |
| go back 動詞 | 戻る, 帰る |
この動画の文法
話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 「used to」 used to + 動詞 — 今はもう違う過去の習慣や状態 | used to be · used to sleep · used to feel |
| 現在完了進行形 have/has been + -ing — 以前に始まり今も続いている動作 | have been doing · have been talking · i've been taking |
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | have tried · I've accepted · i've spoken |
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | was put · being taken · wasn't focused |
注意したい発音
話し手はI'm, don't, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を242回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, dish /dɪʃ/
- 長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
この動画での練習方法
- まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
- まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。lonely, prayer, expectationなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。