Kim Kardashian Prioritizes Herself Amid Kanye West Divorce: ‘I Did What Made Other People Happy’
09.02.2022 - 20:57
/ usmagazine.com
Putting herself first. While reflecting on her divorce from Kanye West, Kim Kardashian opened up about her decision to start paying attention to her own needs.
“For so long, I did what made other people happy. And I think in the last two years I decided, I’m going to make myself happy,” Kardashian, 41, shared in her March cover story for Vogue, published on Wednesday, February 9. “And that feels really good. And even if that created changes and caused my divorce, I think it’s important to be honest with yourself about what really makes you happy. I’ve chosen myself. I think it’s okay to choose you.”
The beauty mogul noted how much she was looking forward to the next chapter in her life.
“My 40s are about being Team Me. I’m going to eat well. I’m going to work out. I’m going to have more fun, spend more time with my kids and the people who make me happy,” she explained. “I’m going to put my phone down. Unfollow if I don’t want to see something on Instagram. Khloé [Kardashian] came up with the best phrase for that yesterday. She said, ‘Post and ghost.’”
Kim, who shares North, 8, Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 2, with West, 44, originally filed for divorce in February 2021 after almost seven years of marriage. The California native opened up about the issues in their relationship during the final season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
“I just honestly can’t do this anymore. Why am I still in this place where I’m stuck for years?” she said in a June 2021 episode of the reality TV series. “Like, he goes and moves to a different state every year. I have to be, like, together so I can raise the kids.”
She continued: “I can’t do that. He should have a wife that supports his every move and travels with him and does everything,