while going through any type of change, it’s easy to lose confidence. we begin to question who we are and try to find it in others. we can begin to question our purpose or maybe just lose sight of what it is at times.

i moved from new york to california about seven months ago. i went into this knowing that everything i have learned about myself over the past 24 years was going to be tested. some things will stay the same because they are just embedded in my morals and other things will change because they were habits created according to the atmosphere i was in.

when experiencing a move, life feels like someone took your little box of a world, shook it up, and left everything inside needing to be put back in place. although, nothing will ever be placed exactly the same way as it was and that’s the beauty of it. when you’re redecorating you can put some things back similar to where they were but you also have the power to alter and rearrange in a way that feels more fitting to who you want to become. you get to take everything with you and then decide what is worth keeping and what is worth letting go of. you can keep the things that continue to be a building block for your confidence and let go of the baggage that is only taking up space.

moving is my analogy but the purpose of this is to remind you that change is change. no matter what kind it may be, it can take a hit at your confidence and cause you to forget who you are and what your worth is. that’s where this playlist comes in. it’s a mix of genres with tracks to bring you back to thoughts about feeling great, knowing who you are and what you want to accomplish. hype yourself up to organize your shaken up world. embrace it and find yourself in it. Smother yourself like no one else can and be unapologetically you.

i hype up my confidence with these tracks here:

boss -the carters

b.s. -Jhene aiko (ft. h.e.r.) (oooooo! don’t even get me started with this one)

juicy -doja cat

broken clocks -sza

new apartment -ari lennox

put you on - amber mark & dram

freedom dress -beyonce

ass like that -victoria moat (big dance in the mirror while getting dressed type vibes)

the mad ones -madeline (motivation!)