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Same generation as you. Labels are not needed, and I am so entirely out of touch with all the language surrounding it. I really don’t care to follow it either. Look, if one feels better checking a box and defining all aspects of themselves, fine. I guess I am in my “get off my lawn” era. Lol.

😂 oh the long label I could come up for myself with if I followed today’s trends. It would be a parody of myself, and I would essentially put myself in this box. Why have boundaries at all? Just be you.

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Best not to follow! And I do think the reason I tend to dislike labels so much is that they seem to stunt the constant, moment-by-moment evolution of the soul.

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I think I am more put together today in my 40’s than ever before. I care less and less about the outside world and how I present myself. My inner work and intuitive work I am doing is waaayy more important. And you can bet your life savings that our elders and ancestors would not care about all this either.

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The wisest among them, at any rate.

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Nope. Ya don't. And yasssss those three creep me out! I try labels on, too, and some feel itchy or constrictive so I drop or tweak as inspired. Other days I shun all labels and thrust my fist in the air along with my Gen-X devil horns saying, "You can't label me, yo!" Then, just to be contrary in a most Gen-X fashion, a label finds me and it feels like the most heavenly, custom-fitted shoes after a lifetime of going barefoot but never having had the luxury of developing enough calluses on my feet to run marathons barefoot. Another feels like a fuzzy fleece hoodie and thermal gloves after growing up in Minnesota with an unlined leather jacket that might look super cool but sucked for keeping me warm. And then I randomly-yet-methodically move to the tropics and have to start trying on bikinis and sarongs. Somedays I just lounge around nekkid with my only accessory the umbrella in my drink. On those days I lie on my beloved fleece hoodie to keep the sand out of my crack. Friggin' labels, man. Friggin' masks and the faces beneath them.

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Hello Alexx! Been a minute. I love that description of the labels. It’s a tour through the closet, hmmm …. Who am I today? I know! A random yet expertly mismatched set of patterns and textures that only I love together. And it looks fabulous and fits no pre-determined check boxes.

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Heeeeey!!! It has been a minute. 😍 "...fabulous...that only I love together." Ain't that the truth! Hahahaha!!! Here's to clinking "cheers" with friends on the beach. Or around the fireplace.

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Yes! Let’s mix those drinks and toast to our fabulousness!

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Woot!!!

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Jul 18Liked by J.E. Petersen

Dude the ironic title and labeling all the way through is hilarious

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You can't fully escape them!

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