align
/əˈlīn/ — verb

1. to bring into balance or agreement; to line up with what actually feels right for you.
"She started to align her choices with her energy, not her expectations."

2. to get clear on what you want and quietly commit to it—no noise, no overthinking, just truth.
"Once I aligned with what mattered, the rest stopped feeling so heavy."

3. to stop forcing what doesn’t work and start building from a place of honesty.
"Alignment isn’t about fixing yourself, it’s about finally listening."

cool girl usage:
aligning isn’t a glow-up, it’s a calm decision. a reset in your brain that says: this is where I’m going now.