Breaking Free From People-Pleasing Mentality

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We please people to make them happy, to fit in, or to cover our insecurities. You must stop it. Love yourself the way you are. You are good enough. Don’t crave for love, give yourself love. Because you can’t make people like you. If they don’t like you, there is nothing you can do about it. Forget about their love. Your love for yourself is enough to make you happy for the rest of your life.

No one is perfect. No one is better than you.And you are not better than anyone. That is good enough. Don’t give up your values because you want people to like you. Don’t do it. According to Ryan Holiday, “We can seek progress without being perfectionists and we can be pragmatic without being unprincipled.” In other words, don’t give up your values just because you want to make people happy.

The more you please people, the more you harm yourself. You will never be happy with yourself. To stop people from manipulating you, you must believe in yourself. You must never be afraid to say NO to them. If you want to live your best life, you MUST be in charge of your life. The choice is yours.

I am breaking free from my people-pleasing mentality

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“If you want to live your best life, you must be in charge of your life.”

Making Yourself Really Happy

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Photo by Leah Kelley

A wise man once said, “If you want to be happy, be.” Just be. Your happiness is your choice. You can make yourself happy with no conditions. You don’t have to wait for a special day before making your happy. You can make yourself happy now. Now is the right time to make yourself happy. If you don’t do it now, when will you do it?

Find ways to make yourself happy- you can read, walk, run, call friends (positive ones), or simply be with yourself. Sometimes being alone is better than being with someone who doesn’t care about you. If you want to make yourself happy, you must surround yourself with positive people.

Remember, you are not going to be happy every day. Because everything is not going to be going your way every day. Everything is not going to be going well for you everything. But don’t let it put you down. Don’t let it stop you from loving yourself. Whenever you are unhappy with yourself, bring positive thoughts into your mind. Think about positive things. To make yourself happy, you must focus your thoughts on positive things. You must focus your thoughts on loving things. If you do, you can make other happy.

I am making myself happy right now

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One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.”- Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project