It has suddenly dawned on me that the most important lesson you can learn in life is to be your authentic self and accept it. Sounds so simple doesn't it? I can hear you saying to yourself now "well of course I'm going to be myself, who else would I be?" and that's exactly how I used to think. Until things didn't work out the way I imagined, until I had that 'oh' moment where what I was holding onto had finally ended and the moment I realised my job no longer satisfied me. I can't explain how important that sense of relief was after I had both those 'oh' moments, especially the first one. No longer did I have to try and hold onto something that I knew wasn't right. No longer did I have to try and be the 'best' version of myself to fit somebody's idealistic version of me. No longer did I have to put up a front - finally I had the chance to be my whole self again, finally I could take advantage of the opportunities that I ...
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