People talk about how great it is to cut toxic people out of your life. But no one talks about the price you pay to protect your mental health and peace, or how lonely it is to be an outsider and be portrayed as the villain in their story.
Posting “wow super problematic” under everybody’s Halloween costume and then responding “I will not do the labor of educating you” when they ask for an explanation.
From a young age, we’re conditioned to believe mistakes are bad. Each time we make one, we get a lower score. In real life, mistakes are incredibly valuable. They’re how we grow and evolve.