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Selin Deveci Balci

The bandaid told me something about myself

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

SELIN DEVECI BALCI

COACH & ARTIST

I was at the store the other day, standing in the self-care aisle, looking for bandaids.

There were plain ones. Neutral. Skin-toned. Forgettable.

I picked the ones with planets on them.

I didn't think twice. I never do.

Every bandaid I buy is colorful. Every mug I reach for in the morning is the yellow one. Every pen I grab is never the black one — not if there's a blue or a green sitting right next to it.

These aren't decisions. They're reflexes.

And that's exactly the point.

Self-expression isn't only the big moments. The bold outfit. The statement earring. The wardrobe everyone compliments.

It's every tiny thing you reach for in a day that sparks something in you.

The mug. The pen. The bandaid with the planets on it.

Those small gravitational pulls toward color and joy — that's not decoration. That's you, telling yourself who you are, in the quietest possible way.

So here's what I want you to do this week.

Pay attention to what you reach for.

It knows something about you that your wardrobe might not be saying yet.

If "what you reach for" feels like a stranger lately, that's exactly what The Visibility Shift is for.

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