Stop Chasing People Who Can't See You -- They Don't Deserve You

I Almost Spent My Whole Life Making This Mistake. Now I'm Free

I’m taking a step back—from everything.

I used to obsess over adding more friends on Facebook, collecting likes and comments like they meant something. Not anymore. I purged 90% of my “friends” and stopped adding new people altogether.

Now, I’m waiting.

I’m standing completely still to see who notices.

Who reaches out?

Who thinks about me?

Who shows up when I stop chasing?

This little experiment has been eye-opening. I finally see who values me—and who never really did.

Take my former dance crew, for example.

I was part of this group for almost two years. We met every Tuesday night, and I showed up weekly, hoping to feel like I belonged.

But no matter how hard I tried or how much I gave, they kept me on the outside.

At first, I thought if I just showed up more, smiled more, tried harder… they’d finally accept me. But it didn’t matter.

Some people were hell-bent on keeping me out, no matter what I did.

And when I finally saw it for what it was—when I stopped making excuses for their aloofness and o…