Breaking Down Common Advice: Be Yourself!
Pop quiz! What's the most common piece of advice people give? Be Yourself! Which we all know is sometimes easier said than done. There are so many people who need so many things from us. How can we show up as who they need us to be, and show up as who we want to be at the same time? There are so many people who seem to be doing better than us. What if we just took some notes from them? Surely if I follow them to the letter, I will be fulfilled and happy! But it's a myth, y'all. Adulting is hard and confusing and none of us actually knows what we are doing. Those people who have it all together? There are two important things to remember: A) they feel sadness, stress and overwhelm. They are not immune to the negative emotions of life. It's just not pretty enough to put on social media. And B) those people worked for YEARS on being their best selves. They did not wake up one day and flip a switch. They worked. They read, they studied, and they found out the keys ...
