Learning to live with WHO you actually are is a challenge. As I mentioned in my welcome - I've always been told I was "too much". Being born in the late 60's; growing up in the 70's & 80's and then being an adult in the 90's & 2000's - gave me SUCH a perspective on life! Gen X definitions describe me pretty darn well.
Whereas in elementary and high school - my "talking too much" was a negative and often related to check marks on my report cards - "too much" helped me in my adult life to not be afraid to speak up and say what's on my mind. Questioning the WHY behind everything irritated my parents and teachers - but it served me by not accepting things as status quo.
I've always been brutally honest; pretty much always say exactly what I think and have been extremely opinionated about things/causes I believe strongly in. In some ways it's gotten me into trouble. Although I still would consider that to be "me" I've also learned that it's important to control that more. For example, some of the things I'd say in my 20's - I can't imagine saying now.
As time moves on - if you're not evolving as a human, you're not growing. If you're not reflecting on your past and questioning if it could have gone better, you're not growing. I firmly believe people need to question, they need to grow, they need to open themselves up to the idea that maybe they weren't right.
Who I am and what I've experienced in my life and my career have defined who I am at this moment. Tomorrow I might even be slightly different. Next year? Who knows...
I want to grow until the day I die. I want to reflect. I want to be remembered as the kind of person that was open. I want people to say she had her core beliefs and she held to them, but she was always open to learning and hearing others.
I want to evolve.
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