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It seems good & I think it sometimes *is* good.

The *ability* to let go & go with the flow is extremely useful. Sometimes you have to make someone else happy so that they don't make your life miserable. In those circumstances it's just what you have to do.

Or sometimes maybe someone is fragile & needs some extra consideration. It's nice to have developed a lot of capacity for making space for people.

But in normal circumstances is it really so good to abdicate your own preferences & opinions?
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Artemis · 5w
If I feel steamrolled, then maybe I shouldn't pre-flatten myself for convenience's sake. I'm probably not going to stop being a person who often yields in situations where it doesn't feel important. It seems unlikely I would rewrite myself to that degree. But I could become someone who expresses t...