{"id":11735,"date":"2017-03-03T15:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:07:17","slug":"five-things-3-2-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-3-2-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things (3.2.17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Since living alone I&#8217;ve felt more at peace. Not necessarily happy, 24\/7\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/how-to-find-happiness\/\">happiness<\/a>, I think, requires\u00a0all the pieces to fall into place&#8230;and at 24 years old,\u00a0everything is just beginning to shift\u2014but for the first time in two decades, I&#8217;ve been able to breathe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maybe &#8220;at peace&#8221; isn&#8217;t the right description. <i>Relief<\/i>\u00a0is more accurate: For the first time in 20 years, I&#8217;m allowed the room (physically, emotionally, mentally) to just <i>be<\/i> in my own headspace. I don&#8217;t have to move around people or answer questions. I don&#8217;t have to explain anything to anyone. I can just exist, perched on my shiny new barstool, in sweatpants or a fancy AP set. I can\u00a0revel in happiness and also wallow in sadness\u2014experiencing every moment without interruption or feeling obligated to explain my emotions. It&#8217;s a relief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pride contributes to it too. No matter how horrible or overrun I feel, I&#8217;m put at ease the moment I step foot into my condo. This is my home\u2014<i>mine: <\/i>the first thing that&#8217;s truly, indisputably my own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. I caved and got acrylics.<\/p>\n<p>But in two weeks&#8217; time when I&#8217;m left with outgrown nails and have to spend the next two hours soaking my fingers in acetone, I&#8217;ll chide myself for getting them in the first place and make an oath to never set foot in a nail salon again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love long nails, though. 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