Glad I’ve found your site! I’ve been an admirer of Chris’ adventures for a little while now and it’s always good to hear from other unconventional peers.

The advice about the fact that there is something out there for everyone definitely speaks to me. It took me a while to figure that one out. I quit my uber boring ‘day’ job last week and I’m planning to take on new activities such as boxercise & yoga, and feel completely excited about what’s coming my way. I feel liberated.

Conformism is something I’ve tried to escape but there was always a ‘but’. Now is the time. Traveling, discovering & growing… I can breath again.

Thanks fo sharing your wonderful life experiences with us.

Alexia
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So glad that you liked it. I relief, really, because I was worried about it not being a “real” post.

And you’re right about it being like that for lots of women, and I’ve met quite a few men, also, who were trained from the crib that self-sacrifice is a virtue. It can be, for sure, but even when the plane is going down, they tell you to put your own mask on before you help your child, right?

Indeed, a mystery. So good to see you again.

I LOVE what you have written here, it resonates with me so much I feel as if I could have written it about myself.

Especially this sentence: ” Since then, I’ve realized my self-acceptance outranks anyone else’s expectations of me. I occasionally feel the habitual pull to “go along to get along” and “fit in so I can get in”, but I remember what those actions have already cost me and stick to my unconventional path.”

This is a really profound moment in anyone’s life, and I think especially a woman, who in many ways is taught almost from childhood to put everyone else’s needs in front of her own. And yet, its only WHEN we start to accept and love ourselves,that we can fully give to others what we are fully capable of giving and life turns into something amazing. It’s one of the great mysteries.

This was a great post, thanks!

I wrote a mission statement 9 years ago about doing just this, but I never imagined that this would be the way I’d do it. So much for having a 10 year plan, eh?

I love what you say about liberating other people from their 9-5 jobs. I feel the same way. Ideally, my little business helps other people grow their little businesses, and that is a truly amazing realization.