Do You Have to Do It? 🤔

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How many of our “have tos” are actually “want tos”?

We have to engage with this person, but it is because we want to avoid conflict.

We have to stay the course, because we want to somehow make up for sunk costs.

We have to maintain a role we’ve outgrown, because we want to hold on the clout from it.

We can be the warden in our own jails 🗝️

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This is what makes holiday seasons so ripe for conflict.

And growth.

They are rituals enmeshed with expectations, routines, and roles.

But what happens when our armor from childhood is too tight to fit?

Or our armor from boundary-less emotional labor becomes too heavy to lift?

Well, nothing.

Unless we decide to make short-term waves for long-term change.

And forgive ourselves for not knowing that we had options all along 🚀

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