Living for Yourself

A friend of mine on Facebook posted not too long ago, "It's not so much about impressing others anymore but impressing myself. Not living for others but living for myself."

Something about this statement just clicked for me. In this life, you can either live with the motivation of impressing yourself, or you can live with the intention to constantly impress others.

It is impossible to be a person who is capable of pleasing everyone. At the end of the day, there is always going to be someone who will find some kind of fault or complaint to make. The bottom line is, don't find yourself trying to be a people pleaser. You'll drive yourself nuts trying to achieve the impossible.

I've seen people live their lives based on trying to impress others and never seemingly able to succeed. Where's the reward in that? I don't see any. There's no harm in putting energies into yourself and living for yourself. Live with the motivation to better yourself. There's no need to put pressure on yourself to meet every single person's expectations. And don't kiss ass for people who don't appreciate you.