{"id":150,"date":"2026-01-28T08:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:29:19","slug":"13-reasons-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/13-reasons-why\/","title":{"rendered":"13 REASONS WHY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&#8230;<\/strong> <em><strong>I&#8217;m being gentler to myself<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1921\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-2048x1537.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024-09-28-204222.108-1-edited-1980x1486.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Because I\u2019ve been hard on myself for a long time\u00a0<\/li><li>Because the kindness I offer others should include me, too<\/li><li>Because I don\u2019t have to treat fear like a failure<\/li><li>Because I am allowed to trust myself<\/li><li>Because I don\u2019t need everything figured out<\/li><li>Because I\u2019m allowed to change my mind<\/li><li>Because rest doesn\u2019t need to be earned<\/li><li>Because slowing down isn\u2019t failure\u00a0<\/li><li>Because presence matters more than perfection\u00a0<\/li><li>Because I don\u2019t want to rush through my life<\/li><li>Because I want to enjoy the day-to-day moments as much as the special ones\u00a0<\/li><li>Because saying no is OK<\/li><li>Because moving forward can look like slowing down on purpose\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My little brother once asked me if being 13 meant he was a grown up. Maybe this is what growing up actually looks like.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the Tea?<\/strong><br><em>serenity, dignity, authenticity, sensitivity<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; I&#8217;m being gentler to myself Because I\u2019ve been hard on myself for a long time\u00a0 Because the kindness I offer others should include me, too Because I don\u2019t have to treat fear like a failure Because I am allowed to trust myself Because I don\u2019t need everything figured out Because I\u2019m allowed to change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159,"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlsnightelevated.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}