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Thank you. This is so true: "It takes time to find your internal voice, learn when to trust it, and stop fearing outside opinion." When I was young I did as I
by farout 16y ago
Thank you. This is so true: "It takes time to find your internal voice, learn when to trust it, and stop fearing outside opinion."
When I was young I did as I was told. It was easiest way for people to leave me alone so I would have time to do the things I wanted.
Later I always wondered why I was never competing for prizes or honed a specific skill; I was having too much fun doing things that others could care less about. It was a great way of learning about being comfortable with myself.
What great blog post. So well written, I am envious.
- nicholasjbs 16y agoSome of the saddest people I know are people who achieved a lot in high school/college (prestigious school, high grades, awards, etc) but were always chasing goals set by their parents. In their post-college life, they've found themselves aimless because they quite literally don't know what they love. Meanwhile, my friends who had the freedom to explore and learn what they're passionate about are much happier today. (Yeah, I know, plural of anecdote is not data, etc, etc. But my sample of kids who were allowed to do whatever they want is slightly larger than the norm here because I was unschooled my whole life and so I'm in the position of knowing a lot of 20-something unschoolers, in addition to my peers who went to public/private school.)