My brain has a weird way of figuring things out. Some things come to me quickly while others… not so much. Today is day 21 of my European adventure and my first thing I have accomplished so far on this journey is self love and acceptance. I always felt the need to make sure everyone else around me loves and accepts me but failed to realize that I need to do it to my own self too. It’s true, I am my own worst critic. I fail to see my strengths and instead my weaknesses tend to push and budge their way up to the front of the “what am I doing with my life line.” Spending 21 days in Europe has been amazing, yet exhausting at times. The amazing thing is that I get to decide what i want to do on any given day. Today is the first day of my trip that I am fully alone. No friends. No plans. Just me. It’s exhilarating, yet slightly frightening. It’s funny because it’s 2pm as I type this and I have yet to actually speak a single word to anyone today. Anyway back to the topic. For some unknown reason a switch has flipped in my brain all of a sudden. The amount of acceptance and love I’ve had for myself is beyond bigger than it has ever been before. Knowing that just over half a year ago I had little to no self acceptance of who I truly was, to now being confident and finally happy for being myself is life changing. Im now an out and proud gay man. No more living a lie. No more having to lie to my family and friends. No more bullshit. Straight up me. (Just without the straight part but you get what I meant.) I wish I had a way to tell everyone how I flipped my switch to finally accept and love myself but it’s different for anyone. Once you lay your cards on the table and truly see yourself for who you truly are, everything will feel right.