I feel like most of my life I have been taught to hold back. To not argue, to not share my opinion, to not be too loud, or too different. For the longest time I have been told that everything that I am is wrong, I didn’t do what I was supposed to do with my life, so I am supposed to live quietly on the outside of society.

And you know what? That’s straight up bullshit.

There’s nothing wrong with who I am and the choices I’ve made in my life. In fact, if I had been encouraged to be myself earlier in life, I probably wouldn’t be so neurotic now. But being forced to hide who you really are takes a toll on you and makes you resent the people who make you hide.

So stop hiding… be yourself, don’t hold back.