Making coffee and something has just dawned on me. It came from a passing comment the wonderful man I'm with made last night (we were having another conversation entirely).
Being an adult is about accepting responsibility.
I had accepted responsibility for other people a long time ago. But I hadn't ever accepted it for myself.
Not to the extent I had accepted it for other people.
It doesn't really matter the reasons why (although I kinda know why). It's where I ended up.
So my journey has been (and is) about redressing the balance and accepting responsibility for myself.