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I Am Not Here to Be Everyone’s Version of Me
The Freedom of Being Unapologetically Yourself in a World That Wants You to Conform
Sometimes we have to accept things about ourselves that might not be pretty to everyone.
And you know what? That's perfectly fine.
I choose to live my life and not anyone else's perception of how I should live.
If working on myself and becoming a better human seems awkward to others, I'm good with that.
It is my choice to make the best decisions for me. No one else's.
I don't have to follow everyone else or the latest trend. I can choose to be unique and be myself, however that may look.
If I get judged, so be it. If others don't like me, so be it.
It's not their life to live. It's mine.
And I think that's something many of us forget along the way.
We spend so much of our lives trying to fit into places we were never meant to fit. Trying to meet expectations we never agreed to. Trying to become versions of ourselves that make everyone else comfortable, even when those versions make us absolutely miserable.
Why?
Why do we give so much power to the opinions of people who aren't the ones waking up every morning…
