New 12 months, new Sophia Bush!
On Tuesday, the One Tree Hill alum acquired actual about 2023 — and what to anticipate from her in 2024! In a prolonged Instagram put up, the actress shared a snap of herself strolling down a dust path and wrote a cryptic message within the caption:
“What a year. My whole life I’ve heard the saying ‘put your own oxygen mask on first’ and this year I learned what it meant. This past year humbled me, broke me, built me, betrayed me, freed me, and showed me what it means to really be alive.”
Wow! Some heavy statements there!
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The 41-year-old, who acquired caught up in dishonest rumors following her cut up with husband Grant Hughes, went on to say she’s “not settling” anymore:
“No more playing small. No more turning my back on myself. No more settling for what falls short because ‘who am I to ask for more?’ This year put me back in my body. I left it a long time ago, in such a way that I forgot what it felt like to inhabit my own skin. I feel my whole self from the tops of my ears to the tips of my toes now. It’s breathtaking. Life giving. Affirming. This year taught me to listen to myself and no one else. To let go of expectation that wounds and grasp possibility that frees. To not care about optics and instead invest in honesty. The truest and deepest and purest kind.”
Sophia even acknowledged how the previous 12 months modified her picture, particularly to her followers, however she’s decided to get again to herself:
“This year sent me inward. More than I’ve ever been. It took me out of relationship with many of you but put me back into relationship with myself. I hope you are all doing well, but for this quiet and deeply personal experience I am supremely grateful.”
The Chicago P.D. star mirrored on how folks work in “waves”, and mentioned sitting on the again burner for some time truly helped her join with herself once more:
“Watching from the rear these past months has been a gift. It has been rest and reclamation … This year the pages of Maggie Smith’s book saved my life. This year I started writing again. Almost every day. I found my inner voice, and got quiet enough to listen to it. This year I slowed down; first because illness forced me to. Second because recovery required more stillness. In that way both sickness and healing are a gift. For those gifts I am so grateful. Thank you, thank you, thank you to this life for teaching me. Thank you, thank you, thank you to this year that changed everything.”
Wrapping up her put up, she mentioned 2023 was her “deepest learning season yet”, however she’s excited to see what the long run has in retailer. You can learn her full put up (beneath):
It positively appears like she’s realized loads and seemed within the mirror typically over the previous 12 months. Rather a lot has modified, particularly with regard to her private relationships. It seems like 2024 is formally the beginning of her new life — presumably with Ashlyn Harris nonetheless by her aspect! Reactions, Perezcious readers?
[Image via Sophia Bush/Instagram/MEGA/WENN]
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