Sundays alone used to feel peaceful and now they just feel empty
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You are not behind and you are not broken. The fact that you can name this so clearly tells me you are more self-aware than you give yourself credit for.
Honestly thank you for writing this out loud. So many of us feel it and never say it. You just made a bunch of strangers feel less alone tonight.
I went through something painfully similar last year. It does get lighter, not all at once, but in small unglamorous steps. Hang on to the tiny good moments.
The version of you on the other side of this is going to be so grateful you kept going on the days it felt pointless. Please keep going.
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