🍰🎂🧁 Goodbye Gluten my Old Friend 🍰🎂🧁

This piece has been finished since my birthday on December 10th, which marked the last year of my twenties. It took me this long to feel ready to write this. I remember turning 25 and feeling overwhelmed with real “adulthood,” when I could no longer rely on the “young adult” label.

I never wanted to grow up. Never. On my 12th birthday I cried my heart out at the prospect of becoming a teenager. I was always a melancholic person.

But being closer to thirty shifts your perspective. I feel much younger now than I did at 25. More aware, more empowered, less attached.
I learned how I was forcing myself into chronic unhappiness, by chasing an American dream that was no longer serving me. I was tired and frustrated. Even art felt overwhelming. After nearly a decade abroad, I said F*CK IT to my “Alien with Extraordinary Abilities” visa. That pressure was quite literally killing me. I felt way more alien 👽 than extraordinary. I allowed myself a break, and I came back to Brazil.

As it turns out I have an auto immune disease. Hashimoto is often overlooked but it is responsible for causing a roller coaster of emotions. It directly affects your mood, disposition, and consequently your relationships and career.

Saying goodbye to gluten for me marked the beginning of a real metamorphosis. Feeling good changes everything; inside and around you. Please, give yourself some breathing room. Nothing you ever chase can be as sweet as your freedom to just be.

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