Confession time. I’ve always felt things like gifts, flowers, romantic dates, and y’know, being treated well in a relationship, were things that other girls got to have. Not me. I had to be low maintanance. A people pleaser. I had to tolerate a lot because...they tolerated me. 😕
This is a perception I’m working hard to change, but it’s deeply rooted. The feeling that other people matter. Not me. Other people deserve things. Not me. On the plus side, I don’t ever think being successful will make me demanding and entitled.
On the down side, a healthy sense of entitlement is kind of key to being in healthy relationships with anyone, including yourself. 💕 This is something I’m working on.
An exercise I’m trying:
Finish the sentence “I deserve.”
I deserve to be treated with respect, even when I’m being impulsive or talking too much or my house is messy.
I deserve to be allowed to be excited about my interests & engage in them, even if I don’t stick to them.
Finish the sentence “I deserve.”
I deserve to be treated with respect, even when I’m being impulsive or talking too much or my house is messy.
I deserve to be allowed to be excited about my interests & engage in them, even if I don’t stick to them.
