I haven’t been liking the way I’ve been showing up lately. I’ve caught myself getting pulled deeper into gossip, and even if I laughed in the moment, it doesn’t sit right with me after. It’s starting to feel excessive. At some point, you move on — you don’t keep circling back to the same person over and over.
The more I participate, the more it feels like I’m drifting away from the kind of person I said I want to be. That disconnect bothers me. I don’t want to normalise something that slowly turns toxic — especially if it starts making me toxic too.
It’s time to draw the line and step back.