Being yourself

Being yourself is a continuous effort. There is always another expectation placed upon you, another person pulling you toward their preferences, another nudge from society to act a certain way. It’s a daily battle to be yourself, not merely what the world wants you to be. – James Clear

So true.

I’m a responsible boy. I fulfil my obligations and responsibilities to family and others. But at some point, it starts to get out of balance and you forget about how “being yourself is a continuous effort”.

Like my wife always like to remind me, if I’m happy and well, the rest of the family is happy and well too. (God bless her).

The world never stops expecting stuff from you. It’ll never end. So it’s up to me to gatekeep, and to call it when it’s too much.

A timely reminder, at the end of a very looong year.