October 14, 2025
The easy answer is, “None. I’m all sunshine and good vibes.” But if you’ve ever yelled at the microwave for taking too long, you already know that’s not true.
We all have a shadow. Not just the one that shows up on the sidewalk when the sun hits right, but the one that follows us around when life gets messy. It’s the part of us that flinches at being wrong, that gets jealous when someone else wins, that says something sharp and then pretends it didn’t mean it.
My shadow shows up in impatience, the kind that wants everything now. It’s dressed up as ambition, but really, it’s control with better branding. I like to think I’m self-aware, but the truth is, my shadow’s probably writing this sentence and rolling its eyes at me for noticing.
The older I get, the more I realize the goal isn’t to get rid of the shadow. You can’t. You only have one because you’re standing in the light. The shadow is proof you’re human. It’s proof you have depth. It’s proof you’re made of both grace and grit, sometimes in the same hour.
The trick is to know it’s there. To stop pretending that the dark side of you doesn’t exist, and instead, to get curious about what it’s trying to teach you. Because if you ignore your shadow, it doesn’t disappear. It just grows teeth.
So what darkness lies in my shadow? Impatience. Control. A streak of quiet resentment that pops up when I forget to breathe. It’s not evil, just human.
The real question is: What’s hiding in yours?
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