Let’s start with a truth that many of us forget: Nobody knows how to live your life better than you do. Sure, people will have opinions. Oh, they’ll have plenty of them. From your job choices to your fashion sense, your parenting style, your relationship status, your tattoos, your lack of tattoos, your diet, your hobbies—even your social media presence. There’s always someone ready to tell you what they think you should be doing. But here’s the deal: you don’t owe anyone a version of yourself that makes them comfortable. When we start bending our choices around what others might think, we stop living our lives. We become actors in a play someone else is directing. That’s exhausting. And eventually, it’ll leave you feeling disconnected from your own identity—like you’re drifting in someone else’s version of “success.” Take a moment and think: how many things have you done—or not done—because you were worried about being judged? Did you skip that yoga class because you thought p...
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