I have many rituals I place on my to-do list. These rituals, I think, are to comfort myself. De-puff, de-age, self-sooth, and heal. Heal from anxiety, worry, and a ruminating mind. What I’m beginning to feel in my life is a tension between what I’ve learned and witnessed life being - the frenetic push to build and grow a character of power, a career that flourishes, and an easily digestible female archetype.