People who used to crave other people’s approval, how did you fall in love with yourself and decided that your happiness matters more than other people’s opinion of you?

I didn’t, I just realized if I dont care about myself why waste energy caring about someone elses opinion of me.

I gave into my ego just a smidge. I recognized nobody will ever always be there for me but me. I realized that there are plenty of people who I don’t know, and therefore don’t have the approval of, and that makes no difference on the day. What’s a few more people on that list?

I grew up