Being blunt and honest is SOOO freeing

I’ll start with this: growing up I’ve been always a shy girl, and a people pleaser. I was socialised to never ever inconvenience people with the way you think, how you act or what you choose to do with your life. Basically to always be in people’s good books.

Fast forward, I’m 29, and recently I’ve been done with people pleasing. There’s something that just lifted from my soul once I was able to be honest with people. Even with the smallest things. Example: my mother in law recently redecorated her living room, it used to be beautiful vintage, now she’s added modern wooden paneling. First time in my life I was able to say “no I hate it”. Something in me just clicked and thought “what’s the worst that can happen if I say this?” Obvs within reason!

This might sound so small and knowing Reddit users also know how to be blunt, I just wanted to show you how far I’ve come in my social skills journey 😂