I love everything about this, Jenny!! They say I’m a rebel or misfit, and try their best to brainwash me to a conventional life!! (At times, i feel at the too of falling to it, too!) I might not have been their perspective of successful, but my personal definition of exactly their opposites of thoughts! “I am thankful for the ‘can’t’ or ‘shouldn’t’ people. I’ve done a lot of cool stuff because of them” hits home for me! <3
I absolutely love this. I’ve spent the last few years working through these reflection questions and asking myself what do I really want? My favorite word right now is agency. I have agency in how I face challenges, how I respond to the world around me, my mindset and my actions. Thank you for writing this piece!
Thank you for reading! And agreed. Agency sums it perfectly, and I personally need a lot of reminders of “you can always change your mind and make a different choice”.
Same here. I used to think changing my mind was flaky. Now, I try to remind myself that I gathered data and am making new decisions based on that data. It’s actually responsible to change as I learn and grow. It’s a continual practice!
I love everything about this, Jenny!! They say I’m a rebel or misfit, and try their best to brainwash me to a conventional life!! (At times, i feel at the too of falling to it, too!) I might not have been their perspective of successful, but my personal definition of exactly their opposites of thoughts! “I am thankful for the ‘can’t’ or ‘shouldn’t’ people. I’ve done a lot of cool stuff because of them” hits home for me! <3
Thank you for reading and for sharing! Hey, sometimes the personal definition is more fulfilling than the norm. You never know :)
I absolutely love this. I’ve spent the last few years working through these reflection questions and asking myself what do I really want? My favorite word right now is agency. I have agency in how I face challenges, how I respond to the world around me, my mindset and my actions. Thank you for writing this piece!
Thank you for reading! And agreed. Agency sums it perfectly, and I personally need a lot of reminders of “you can always change your mind and make a different choice”.
Same here. I used to think changing my mind was flaky. Now, I try to remind myself that I gathered data and am making new decisions based on that data. It’s actually responsible to change as I learn and grow. It’s a continual practice!