PSA: u did more than u thought
Preface before the blog:
After a whole year of navigating the growth of the brand, I had to take a step back to really remember what DRMERS is all about. Yes, we can be fun on socials by speaking to u like a friend… yes, we also make very nice clothes… and yes, we can be creative and do fun storytelling campaigns.
But that's not enough to encompass how special DRMERS CLUB was meant to be. I don't want us to just be another "cool clothing brand." I want us to create a net positive in the world by finding a way to inspire ppl who come in contact with the brand.
So we’re back to writing here. We hope this section on our website can be the voice for all the thoughts + feelings we’ve been wanting to share with our community.
Lately I keep hearing people talk about what they didn’t do this year.
What they didn’t accomplish, what didn’t happen, what they wish they pushed themselves to do.
“I should’ve started that business."
“I should be at a different stage in life.”
“Why didn’t I just go for it?”
It’s so easy to look at the year and instantly feel behind. But honestly, after surviving my own long ass year.....I see it a little differently.
Maybe instead of only counting the things that happened or should’ve happened—what if u just think about how u’ve grown as a person?
Now take a look back with a different lens.
Through even the most mundane days…u probably picked up things, u learned things, u survived things, u let go of things.
There’s a 100000% chance that u are a different person than u were last December (and to me, that’s pretty huge).
For me personally, when I look back at who I was 12 months ago… I perceived things pretty differently. I reacted to things very differently. Things that I thought were so ginormously big feel a bit smaller now. I’ve grown inner confidence through challenges and failures this year. I’ve also learned that I’m allowed to be myself, which then translated to the brand finally finding who it truly is as well.
Of course, I do think it’s good to give urself credit for tangible things u’ve done.
Maybe u saw family more or planned a vacation with friends.
Maybe u got an A on that exam u thought u botched.
Maybe u got a nice promotion or landed ur dream internship.
Maybe u visited a new country.
Maybe u finally made ur first post on socials.
Maybe u DID start that business.
But here’s my challenge to u: find 3 changes u’ve noticed within urself this year that reflect who u are becoming.
Remember any moments where u used strength u didn’t know u had?
Notice any old mindsets u quietly outgrew without realizing?
Any boundaries u set that the old u wouldn’t have??
Did ur perspective shift, even in small ways??
...Maybe even thinking back on those hard days, and giving urself credit for the person u simply showed up as.
See? I told u that u did do more than u thought this year ;)
Aaaand I doubled my comment…
At least I did do something different than everyone else ;)
Votre message est réellement touchant et inspirant
C’est toujours important de ce référer au passé, car c’est de la ou l’on viens. Et c’est la qu’on vois le chemin parcouru.
J’ai beaucoup aimé votre message d’espoir et vos grands ambitions concernant le développement de la marque.
De mon point de vue vous y êtes arrivé! ♡
Ty for this blog, sincerely.
I’ve always been doubting myself because of my past experiences with others but this year I started to let go of the past and that fake “me” I had created to please people who I didn’t care about at all. I’m starting to get more confident, daring to do things I would’ve rather not have done a year ago, and all of this is leading to me unlocking new ways to have fun in my life.
Clothing is apart of these changes, I now don’t mind trying out new styles and get laughed at for it (like my friends telling me I’m wearing a croptop when it’s only your boxy cropped zip). I honestly enjoy it :)
It reminds me im different than everyone, special and that’s what I want. I want people to remember me for who I was and what I’ve accomplished.
So once again, ty.
Ty for this blog, sincerely.
I’ve always been doubting myself because of my past experiences with others, but this year I started to let go of the past and that fake “me” that I had created to please people who I didn’t care about at all. I’m starting to get more confident, to dare do things I would’ve rather not have done a year ago, and all of this is leading to me unlocking new ways to have fun in my life.
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I like this perspective, it’s a realm of thinking I found myself in recently.
I feel so different than the person I was 12 months ago, although it’s been 1.5 years of similar struggles, I can appreciate how much I learned to address them. There are three struggles I am proud to have addressed: (1) Boundaries, to learn how to honor myself when others overstep has been the hardest thing to learn which leads into the second struggle of; (2) Letting People Go, I thought I found myself a community this year but found that I am not their priority, I am ending this year losing them but giving myself permission to leave; and lastly (3) Self-Respect, it is good to give yourself “all due respect” by choosing who you spend time with, who you invest in, how you prioritize your interests and the quality time you dedicate to yourself.
It has been a long and tough year but I think my mindset has taken a different but good perspective on time and energy.
“If anything, it just takes time to do yourself right,” is what I say to myself, you figure it out along the way.
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This was a fun prompt, thank you DRMERS team <3
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