Brianna Gomez

So the number one thing that I need you to know is that you don't need to find someone else.

You will.

You will find someone else.

You will find other friends.

But you don't need to instantly.

And that shouldn't be the focus.

The focus should be focusing on the respect that you have for yourself and knowing what you deserve.

The number one step to getting rid of bad friendships and creating good ones is being a friend to yourself.

And some of you might be rolling your eyes at that like I do.

Don't want to do that.

That is the cheesiest, corniest thing I've ever heard.

But baby, it is so true.

I feel like I used to accept like the absolute bare minimum of friendships.

There were relationships in my life that were so surface level.

They were so meaningless.

Maybe friends who only want to gossip with you, friends who only want to be bad influences in your life, friends who only want to put you down.

The truth is...

if you actually learn to love and respect yourself being in a situation where you are mistreated is a whole lot scarier than actually being alone and you will realize sooner or later that being alone yes it might feel empty at times but it is so much more fulfilling and rewarding

than being constantly put down by someone constantly left out by others constantly made fun of by others you don't deserve that behavior and so when you are able to kind of rewire your brain and realize i deserve peace and love and authenticity within myself that makes it a million times either to give yourself the strength to get rid of whatever friendships are no longer serving you and so i want you guys to really focus on journaling spending time reflecting in silence like what do i bring to the table as a friend

Maybe you can write like I'm super sweet, I'm super thoughtful, I'm caring, I'm nurturing, I'm someone who really likes to listen, I'm someone who gives really good advice.