Stop Fighting For Spaces That Drain You

Because being tolerated isn’t the same as being valued.

You’ve been there trying to prove your worth in rooms that barely notice you.
Bending yourself to fit into friendships, workplaces, conversations, or groups where you constantly feel unseen, unheard, or unappreciated.

You shrink. You explain. You overextend.
All because you’re trying to hold onto something that keeps emptying you.

If it costs your peace, your joy, your voice, or your sense of self, it's too expensive. Stop fighting to stay in spaces that make you feel small.

Not every room is meant for you.
Not every person is your assignment.
Not every opportunity is a blessing if it breaks you in the process.

And sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is stop trying so hard to fit where you were never meant to flourish.

You’re allowed to outgrow people and places.
Growth sometimes means letting go, not holding on tighter.

You don’t need to beg to be valued.
If a space can’t recognize your worth, it’s not your job to convince it.

You weren’t created to constantly prove your value.
You weren’t made to survive off scraps of love, respect, or opportunity.

Stop fighting for spaces that drain you.
Start creating or seeking spaces that celebrate, respect, and revive you.

Sometimes the door you’re afraid to close is the one blocking your next chapter. 

- Nene From MANI