How to be your own fairy godmother?

Merve Yılmaz
3 min readJul 27, 2022

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Once upon a time there was a girl who wanted to love herself and get on her feet. She waited for a long time for the fairy godmother to fulfill her dreams, but it seems that the fairy will never come. What’s more, finally she decided to take responsibility and dedicate herself to a 50-day struggle for her dream.

We all live in our fairytale. All of us have our stepmother who waits for us to fall or a father who doesn’t have any idea what we live or a prince who we wait to love us. There are balls we want to go to, dresses we want to wear, cars we want to get in.

But do we really need a fairy godmother for making our dreams come true? Yes, actually you can need someone who thinks of you and understand you, and want to help you. However, you are the only creature that can help you.
You shouldn’t wait for the fairy to buy you a fancy dress. If you don’t have a car until you got one walk this ball. Your only need is you.

In addition, don’t forget when the fairy helps you her magic ends at midnight but your magic lives with you forever.

Photo by Allison Archer on Unsplash

I have five advice for you to be your own fairy:

1. You’re responsible for yourself

First of all except that you’re the only one who has to take care of yourself. You’re your responsibility, not you husband not your father.

2. Don’t pitty yourself

Maybe you had a very bad childhood/adolescence, maybe you are full of pain and trauma. You may think that luck is not on your side. Life may not have given you what you wanted until now. But stop using your past and pain as an excuse for yourself.

3. Don’t compare yourself with others

Maybe some people are where you want to be. Maybe they came to the point they were without any work. Don’t let them break your motivation. You’re unique as you be. You’re journey special. Just focus on yourself and your journey.

If you don’t give up and be stable, believe that you can get where you want and keep going.

4. Work

The real world isn’t run with a magic. You should sweat. If you are not satisfied with your job, you can’t expect it to get better with regret. It’s never too late to plan a new career. start a course and try to connect with people. Working hard gets you there.

5. Be thankful

Listen yourself. What do you need with your life? Know that there is always someone worse off than you and be thankful. Sometimes we don’t realize what we have. maybe all you need is to stop and breathe for a moment and remember what you have. Maybe you have a dress in your closet that is prettier than the one you expected from the fairy.

By the way, the girl in our story is doing well. She completed all her goals for today. And as a writer, I can tell you that maybe not in a day, but eventually, she will get what she wants.

See you in our next story and wish our hero luck.

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Merve Yılmaz
Merve Yılmaz

Written by Merve Yılmaz

• UX Designer •Istanbul Technical University •Top writer in Self Improvement, Health, Life Lessons & Life.

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