I can’t even begin to tell you how drained I am from years of being overly sensitive, constantly pleasing others, and tirelessly trying to make everyone around me happy. It feels like I’ve been running on a hamster wheel of expectations, approval, and validation. I see now that it was a waste of time because, in my quest to be everything for everyone, I completely forgot about myself.

Every day, I used to wake up and focus on everyone around me. I thought this was love. I thought this was kindness. But it was actually self-neglect. A slow, almost imperceptible erosion of my own needs, desires, and dreams. And for what? To fit into molds that others created? To avoid discomfort? To be liked?

What if we shifted the focus inward? What if we asked ourselves, “What can I do to make myself happy today?” The world doesn’t need more people who are just agreeable or compliant. It needs people who are genuinely alive, who radiate joy because they are living authentically.

This is where true freedom lies—when we stop looking outside of ourselves for validation, for happiness, for a sense of worth. This is when we can sit in the silence of nothingness, emptiness and know, without a doubt, that we are wonderful and great just the way we are.

Imagine a life where you no longer feel the need to please, placate, or posture or pose for anyone, on any platform, except for yourself. How liberating would that be? To know that your happiness isn’t contingent on someone else’s approval, on meeting someone else’s needs, or on fitting into someone else’s idea of who you should ..