I'd add to that, that telling people we are less than we really are, is only lying to fit in, or having false modesty to please people, and that is something I'd never do.
If I'm good at something I say so. If a person doesn't like it then they have a problem with their own self esteem.
Self sabotaging is a horrible thing to do to oneself. People never really get to know you that way.
If anyone has a problem with who or what they perceive me to be, then they have a perception problem.....
If that keeps them from getting close or knowing me , then they lose out... Who wants someone close to them who wants to change them into something else? It just makes for fights about who they want you to be. No acceptance there. We are who we are.......
Reminds me of when I was little and my mother lifted me by the ear so hard I was on my tip-toes even though I knew I'd done nothing wrong... I always stood ther though. Never avoided a situation good or bad in my life. Must be a fool....
As you get older you realise that other people don't appreciate paying your bills.
You are on your own.
Your life and how you live it is your responsibility.
If, like me, you like to travel or something like that, or for younger people buy a house or whatever, then you have to save and not just a part of your wages but also be economical with what you have. No clothes or shoe buying sprees, 15 kinds of make up, leaving all the lights on, making big utility bills, wasting what you do have.......
It's habit forming. What you do now, you will still be doing in 50 years time and you will never have anything and always be a burden to someone. You will never have any real friends either since no one wants to be pulling you out for money every time you meet them...
It just makes sense is all, to be careful with money and use it wisely and value it when you get it.
You won't be young and able to work forever, and you never know what day it will happen that you can't do it anymore. That day has to be saved for if you don't want to end up scraping pennies and having a crap life or no quality of life.
Write down everyhere every penny goes each week. You will see a pattern emerging, and more than that, you will begin to see who and what you are and how you behave ...
If you think you can't manage your own money, then give it every week to someone you trust who can.....
RE: True to oneself/self sabotage
You too HugsThis is my big shovel day , trying to shift out as much bulls@it as possible......