The Good Girl Has Left the Building

I’ve always been the good girl.

The responsible one.
The good daughter.
The one who held it all together.
Who followed the rules, got good grades, checked all the boxes.

My superpower—at least, what I thought was my superpower—was this:
I could figure out what teachers, bosses, or anyone in authority wanted… and become that.

I could shift to fit almost any mold.
It made me successful.
It made me likable.

But it also made me forget who I actually was.

Because when you’re constantly becoming what other people want,
you slowly lose touch with what you want.
With what you need.
With what you believe.

This unraveling didn’t happen all at once.
It came in quiet, painful waves over the years.
At first, I just felt… lost.

Like I didn’t have a purpose anymore.
Like I had been built around everyone else’s expectations—and suddenly, none of it fit.

Until one day, I heard a whisper:
What if your purpose… is finding yourself?

Not the polished version.
Not the perfect one.
Just you. As you are.

So I started asking new questions.

• What do I want?
• What feels true for me?
• What happens when I stop trying to be the good girl—and start being me?

The answers are still unfolding.
But one thing I know now?

She’s gone.
The good girl has left the building.
And I don’t want her back.

A Question for You

What part of the “good girl” are you ready to release?

If you’re in your own unraveling, I want you to know—
it’s okay to outgrow the version of you that made everyone else comfortable.

This isn’t rebellion.
It’s remembrance.

You're not wrong for changing.
You're not selfish for wanting something more honest, more aligned, more you.
You don’t have to have all the answers right now.

Just keep listening.
Keep asking.
Keep showing up for the parts of you that were buried under all the roles.

You’re not unraveling into nothing.
You’re unraveling into truth.

And that? That’s a becoming.