A Year and a Half Later...

12/16/17 - 1 Year, 6 Months, and 2 Days HRT

Hi! Nice to see you again.

It has been 1 Year, 6 Months, and 2 Days since I have last made a post here. All I wanted when I made my day one post was to know how the whole journey was going to turn out. Well, I don't know how it ends yet, but WOW, this has been one of the oddest, most intense, life-changing year and a half that I have ever had, and I'm going to unspool this story slowly.

Firstly, I am pretty much a completely different person. I mean, I feel like I'm the same because I went on the journey, but a lot about me has changed.

I mean, check it out. Before, I let a beard grow, because, what's the point, I'm not gonna like the way I look anyway. I'd wear plain clothes that make no statement whatsoever. Just tried to blend in

Now, I love the way I look in the mirror. That is a feeling I have never had before. It's amazing how much mental room hating yourself takes up. When you are able to stop (IF you are able to find a way to stop), there's room for so much more.

You just have to find a way to clear out all the dark noise and voices we live with for all of our waking lives. And I had some dark voices in there. It was so hard to function living like that.

So, it is my intention to talk about everything on here. Body changes. Mental changes. Social changes. Changes in my relationships. Changes of heart. Changes of ambition. Changes of Philosophy. All of it.

I hope you stick with me. It's quite a journey.

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