#it’s such a toxic mindset

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[ickypuppi3]

something deeply ironic about the fact this used to be my mindset about the people around me vs myself before i got help and was subsequently the reason i refused to go to therapy for so long

i fucking love willel so much because they're the perfect antithesis to certain characters like billy. here we're shown people who can love deeply and care unsparingly and not lash out at other because of their own problems. we're shown people who have so much trauma and have trouble seeing the world as it really is and have trouble processing what everything means, but still manage to be sincere and loving and just try their absolute goddamn best to be better and do better than the people who made them this way. and they're stronger for that, for trying and being good. it's like a fuck you to the people who never tried for them. it's better than giving up and succumbing to lashing out because you don't process your feelings. it's better than causing someone else pain because you don't know how to manage yours.

[sk-lumen]

If you're not treated right, your first response should not be "let me prove how valuable I actually am, they just don't see it yet". That mindset is toxic and you're going about it the wrong way. Instead, your response should be "they don't see my value, that's on them. Clearly, we don't resonate. I have nothing to prove. Time to replace them with something/someone who does". Your response should be walking away from anything that is not nourishing your spirit.

[theambitiouswoman]

How to cleanse your body of negative energy 🪐✨

Meditate: Take a few minutes to sit quietly, breathe deeply, and just let go of all the junk cluttering your mind.

Move Your Body: The gym, pilates, yoga, a walk, or even dancing in your room, moving your body can lift your spirits.

Nature: Go outside! A walk in the park, a hike, or just sit by the water. The water has natural healing properties.

Be Present: Do things that make you focus on the now. Try deep breathing, write in a journal, or practice a hobby you enjoy.

Smudge It Out: Use sage or palo santo to cleanse your space and yourself.

Crystals: Keep crystals like black tourmaline or amethyst with you. They soak up negative energy and bring in the good stuff.

Sound Vibrations: Listen to 528Hz frequency music, chanting, or use singing bowls to create positive energy through sound.

Salt Bath: Take a bath with sea salt or Epsom salts to detox and relax. Drinking lots of water helps too!

Positive Self Talk: Say positive affirmations to yourself every day. It’s like reprogramming your brain to think happy thoughts.

Sleep: Make sure you’re getting enough sleep. It’s super important for recharging your body and mind.

[alieninthedisco]

don't normally do loads of detailed linework it feels weird.....

[succulentsiren]

Not taking anything personally is the key to remaining unbothered and confident.

When somebody is disrespectful towards you, it’s about their insecurities, not you.

Learn to let their comments roll off of you, like oil in water. Don’t absorb their toxicity. Treat these toxic situations like a test to your inner strength and character. Stay solid, assertive and unfazed. Let them know that no one can break your character.

[sugarsprinklesoul]

Stop doing these things to become your best self

Holding onto habits out of comfort. Your bad habits are stripping you from the life you want.

Hiding from vulnerability. Vulnerability is a strength. it makes you authentic. do not hide it just because the wrong people can't appreciate it.

Letting others guide your life. Live your life on your own settings. Only you know your own reality.

Chasing after people who are running. You're wasting your time and energy. once you stop chasing, the right people will simply find you.

Blaming others. You control your actions and reactions. choose to find happiness.

[odinsblog]

I know you’ve heard about Harrison Butker by now, and his embarrassment of a commencement speech at Benedictine College. You’ve probably seen the NFL kicker roasted six ways from Sunday for his misogyny, hypocrisy, and regressive nonsense. People have already written about his stupidity, everyone has memed his nonsense, and conservatives have applauded him for advocating for a return to the 1950s. That is exactly what he was doing, unashamedly. Butker delivered countless awful lines, saying, “Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values in media, all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.” Which is an ugly mix of law and order rhetoric and sexism, a mix that makes no logical sense but scratches a certain itch in the mind of his conservative audience.

I just want to briefly add to the criticism of this Super Bowl winner, who will probably run for office before too long. Specifically, I want to highlight the inane variety of patriarchal bullshit running through his speech, and his apparent approach to the world. Butker and men like him are trying to sell us a load of hot garbage, and get men to be the worst version of themselves. They’re trying to make us see ourselves as victims, and encouraging us to use that false belief as fuel to go out and hurt other people. We can and should reject that directive.

We should reject it for countless reasons, but I think the place to start is to look at this guy telling us we’ve been oppressed by society and so we should stand up and be real men and tell women to be homemakers. He makes four million dollars a year to kick a ball, he’s won the Super Bowl, and he’s still a miserable person pretending to be a victim. All that wealth, all the success, and he’s going to speak at a college to tell young women, “I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”

As they’re graduating college to go out into the world, he’s telling them to stay home and be mothers. He’s theoretically reached the American dream, and he’s spending his time telling college girls to be “homemakers.”

Oh and in the days since his speech it’s come out that his mom is an accomplished physicist. But nevertheless.

(continue reading)

[femmefatalevibe]

Femme Fatale Guide: How To Learn To Love Yourself & Heal From Toxic People

Allow yourself to feel all your emotions and thoughts, authentically and without self-criticism or judgment: Acknowledge that you're grieving. Accept that you need to mourn your loss. Even if it is better to move on in life without these people, it is healthy and completely valid to grieve the relationships you had with these people – regardless of whether they were one-sided, deluded, or otherwise toxic. Allow yourself to cry, be angry, lie in bed, etc. Hit a pillow, sleep in all day on a weekend, or wear a set of pajamas for a WFH day. Give yourself permission to engage in self-soothing behaviors without any type of self-harm or self-sabotage.

Rest, relax, and pamper yourself in your leisure time: Spend time taking it easy – reading, watching TV, doing a face mask or another indulgent skin treatment, using a body massager, cooking dinner in a silk robe and slippers, lighting a candle, cozying up in a blanket, etc. Allow yourself to feel at peace. Create a sanctuary in your space.

Take time for introspection and self-discovery: Being in any type of relationship with toxic people is draining and can cause you to feel as though you've lost a part of yourself by trying to make the relationship succeed. Now, it's time to reclaim yourself after you've courageously cut out these toxic people from your life. Consider and honor your deepest desires, values, interests, hobbies, lifestyle, goals, aesthetic, food, sexual, entertainment preferences, etc. Go on a self-discovery journey to figure out who you really are, what you believe, and who you will work to become as you enter this new, exciting chapter of your life.

Journal, read, eat healthily, work out, drink plenty of water, and sleep: Go back to the basic healthy habits. Try to journal for at least 5-10 minutes a day (using a 5-minute journal, morning pages [writing 3 pages of stream-of-conscious thoughts first thing in the morning], journal or shadow work prompts), make 2-3 whole food, plant-based meals with carbs, veggies, fruits, proteins, and healthy fats, find some ways to incorporate movement into your day – 30-minute walk or yoga session is enough if that's all you can manage consistently, have your body weight in ounces of water daily, and sleep for around 7-8 hours a night. Do some inner child healing by taking care of your core needs.

Indulge in all of your favorites: There's a lot of fun you can have when you have total freedom regarding your daily activities and choices. Give yourself permission to enjoy this solitude. Wear your favorite outfits every day (occasion-appropriate options, of course), including pajamas, loungewear, lingerie, and accessories. Make your favorite meals and snacks throughout the week (incorporating some healthy options in there to feel your best – I love a good oatmeal bowl, frozen grapes, baked Japanese sweet potato, or a hummus and vegetable plate). Watch your favorite TV shows or movies. Indulge in a glass of wine you love or reread a favorite book. Create a masterful playlist. Plan a day of your favorite activities (a long walk, getting a coffee, indulging in a spa day, going to a farmer's market, going to a yoga class, etc.) Treat yourself like your own best friend.

Get comfortable doing things alone: Honestly, no one cares or is paying attention to if you're doing activities alone or with someone else. If someone shows too much interest in your solitude, they're probably projecting their own insecurities regarding their perceived social ridicule. Take yourself shopping, to the nail salon, out for a meal, to the movies, etc. alone. Personally, I love doing most of these things alone anyways. Running errands alone gives you some space to clear your mind and think freely.

Define what an ideal social life and/or relationship looks like for you: Once you've become comfortable with yourself and living life on your own terms, it's time to embrace your desire for human connection and socialization. Consider the types of people you want in your life – their values, personalities, interests, goals, favorite activities, relational boundaries, etc., and where/when/how often you want to interact with them.

Create an action plan: Reconnect with the people in your life who continue to show up for you and have been a light through these toxic relationships and their lasting effects over the months or years. Decide on the places, groups, and ways you'll reach out/try to meet these people. Figure out how to expand your network, and make new connections. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there. You won't vibe with everyone you meet, but it is worthwhile to engage in small talk with several strangers if even one of these new faces, later on, becomes a good friend or acquaintance. A varied social circle is a great way to enrich your life.

Take small steps, then strides: Be gentle on yourself throughout this entire process. It is perfectly okay to take one day at a time during the grieving process. Everyone's healing journey will look different and evolve at a different pace. Don't let these toxic people remain in your heart, mind, and spirit. Remember that you deserve love, kindness, happiness, success, peace, and patience.

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

really? because let me remind you that catra never treated adora as a peer or a partner. she constantly belittled adora, she was jealous of adora, she was insanely possessive of adora. how can you expect someone to treat you a certain way if you don't treat them the same way?

if i said “i wish people were kind to me” while treating everyone around me like shit, i would be a hypocrite. and that's what catra is too. not that this is explicitly mentioned in canon, but catra expects a lot out of adora while continuously hurting adora.

she expects adora to keep their promise, but catra herself never bothered to keep it. in fact, the only time she even mentions wanting to keep her side of the promise is IN THE FINALE. towards the very end, where adora was basically dying!! and that's after catra abandoned adora because adora didn't give her the assurance that she expected.

not to mention, catra is the one who kept feeding into adora's hero complex and her guilt, by calling adora a failure and constantly keeping her responsible for not being able to protect the people she loved.

so yeah. another post victim-blaming adora for what happened and acting like catra's actions were justified.

[littlefankingdom]

~ Batman (2016)

Whoever made the choice to have Bruce said "my son" instead of "my sonS" should be fired immediately. No way would he not refer to, at least, Dick as his son too. Jason is literally his first son, he was Bruce's son 30 years before Damian existed. It was made very clear in Injustice that Damian being biological doesn't make him more of a son to Bruce than the others.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

I always think that at some point in the relationship between Color and Killer, Killer simply tried to find out EVERYTHING about Color before trusting him in the slightest.

Likes, hobbies, fears, even physical weaknesses that Color might have. According to Killer's reasoning, this way he would have some control over Color, knowing everything about him, so Color would not be able to control Killer if he was already one step ahead. In the end, he only used this knowledge to get closer to Color more easily (even if sometimes the information he knew was too specific for Color to have simply told him in a conversation before).

Honestly, I can see Killer doing this with just about everyone instinctively. Even the cat friends, although in that case, it’s just so he knows how to care for them individually and how to tell when they’re injured or sick (or, in some cases, pregnant.)

At first, itd probably start off simple enough. Noticing Color’s most common facial expressions, the most common words he says with what tones, the way he carries his weight and how he walks, listening to the most of what Color talks about—and what he enjoys listening to.

(Killer was probably surprised to find that Color is genuinely an attentive, active listener—with everyone. And yet he hardly really talks about himself? Suspicious.) (not really but that’s just killers way of thinking.)

Anyway, he starts off paying attention to these things—because people like feeling heard, they like thinking others pay attention to them, and they like knowing others are like them in some way. This is all mostly so Killer can mirror Color enough to gain trust—such as noticing when Color gets tired, in order to be the first to offer Color an opportunity to rest.

Or noticing when Color is having trouble with his eyesight, in order to be the first to help him and sending the message of “I notice because I care about you.”

(This can also be used in situations to potentially isolate Color from others, sending the message of “I noticed, because I care about you..does Delta know about this?” small innocent comments and questions that serve to make Color doubt if his other friends care about him “the way Killer does.”)

From there it potentially escalates to more boundary breaking, law breaking things. Perhaps the more curious Killer becomes, and then the more he starts to realize that he actually cares just enough to keep the guy around.

Things such as basically stalking, potentially going through his phone or his bags, perhaps even finding ways to use Epic and Delta (as some of Color’s closest friends) to understand the full picture. Maybe he’d even go as a far as to get into contact with Ivory and Sage, if only to understand the story of Color’s AU. To understand what the fuck Color wants from him, and perhaps, how Killer can give that to him.

I can definitely see this starting as just wanting to have leverage over Color, and then his curiosity is piqued about Color’s souls when he learns of it—which can then develop into fascination with Color himself the more he learns about and from Color, and the more he comes to not only like Color, but trust him.

If it escalated that far, I can only image how the confrontation between Color and Killer went.

Colors definitely gonna have to lay down some firm boundaries, which Killer very likely won’t like—possibly making Killer think that this is Color’s way of encroaching on his autonomy, or that Color has something to hide—but ultimately gonna have to realize that if he wants Color to stay around, it includes respecting the guy’s boundaries, too.

Lmao I can imagine Color suspecting Killer for awhile, asking him about it frequently—and of course Killer denies denies denies—only for him to rat himself out in Stage 1 out of overwhelming guilt and shame. (Perhaps also worry and fear, if his behavior in Stage 2 seems to be taking on an obsessive or possessive edge.)

{ @qin-qin16 }

[spitblaze]

There is a time and a place for being a hater and kvetching and failing to recognize this makes you an asshole for sure, but conversely saying that the time and place for that is 'never' and 'nowhere' also makes you an asshole

[theambitiouswoman]

Loving yourself is essential for having good relationships with others and living a fulfilling life.

When you focus on finding love from others instead of loving yourself, it can cause problems. You may feel unsure about yourself and depend on others to feel good. This can lead to bad relationships where you accept mistreatment because you're afraid of being alone. It can also make your emotions unstable because your happiness depends on what others think of you. You might forget who you really are and have trouble setting boundaries. Others might see you as too needy, and you may feel disappointed when people don't give you the love you want. Not loving yourself can hold you back from growing and trying new things.

But if you choose to love yourself first, you'll benefit in many ways. You'll become more confident and believe in yourself. You'll have healthier relationships because you'll know what you deserve and set limits. You'll handle tough times better and become stronger emotionally. When you love and accept yourself, you'll naturally grow and improve. This will bring more happiness and satisfaction in your life. Loving yourself is essential for having good relationships with others and living a fulfilling life.

[istar-gzng]

☆𝑵𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶𝑿𝑰𝑪 𝑭𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷𝑺☆

𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ, 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

1. 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑼𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝐼𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑃𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠?

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝐴 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛; 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘? 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑒𝑔𝑜.

2.𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑮𝑵𝑰𝒁𝑬 𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝒀 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑷𝑼𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑘��𝑦 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦. 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟-𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐵𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝐴𝑠𝑘: "𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚?" 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠, "𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒?" 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎, 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦. 𝑆𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙; 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒-𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒.

3.𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑴 𝑱𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑶𝑼𝑺𝒀

𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑗𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑦; 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑐. 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒,"𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑚 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛?" 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜. 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙; 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

4. 𝑩𝑬𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑮𝑶𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑷 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑪𝒀

𝐵𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠; 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠: "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟?" 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑦, 𝑠𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛. 𝑃𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑; 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑓 "𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡?" 𝐴 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 "𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠?"

5. 𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑰𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑨𝑪𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑮𝑵𝑰𝒁𝑬 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑲𝑬𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑺𝑻

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝, 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝐼𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡. 𝐴𝑠𝑘 "𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠?" . 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦; 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.

𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑶𝑾𝑬𝑹 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺𝑳𝑬𝑭

𝐵𝑦 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑡.

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Learn to challenge the beliefs you grew up with because not everything you’ve been taught is beneficial for you.

Most of us hear things like “Love is supposed to hurt.” or “Success only comes through struggling.” or “You have to be there for family even if they’re toxic.”

This mindset usually comes from people who’ve accepted a life of struggling and defeat.

It’s time to stop letting other people’s beliefs create your reality.

Cleanse your minds of the information that no longer serves you and create new standards that help you thrive.

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