I’ve said this before, but we, as individuals, are almost entirely responsible for building the “boxes” we choose to live in as well as for tying our own strings.
Little by little through life, we often change who we are — or how we act — in order to fit within other people’s expectations of who they think we are and how we think they think we should act.
In short, if you choose to act a certain way to please certain people, you do it at the expense of your true self and your true desires.
Yes, social norms exist for a reason. And there is a time and place for everything. And not all content is suitable for all audiences. And first impressions do matter — and so does being likable…
But you do yourself a disservice if you continually edit or censor yourself out of fear of what you think others will think.
I’ve also said this before, not everyone will like you — and that is perfectly ok!
What’s important is that you like you — and enough other people like you enough to show that you’re not a complete assclown.
Because being yourself is important, but so is not being an assclown.
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