Accepting that might be the best thing you can gift yourself Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Artem Kniaz on Unsplash How many times have you stayed up late thinking about how your friend fell down at work the other day? Now how many times do you still recall the time you went blank on stage years ago in school? Think about it. Yes, you and I are very judgemental people. We judge people, mock them, gossip about them. But more than that, you and I are wrapped up in ourselves and our own insecurities. I spend a lot of my life holding myself back. Not expressing my likes and dislikes. Not wearing certain things. Not pursuing certain hobbies. Talking myself out of choices that I want to make. Sometimes even censoring the things I want to write about. All because of this one bouncy monster in my head — How will I be perceived by others? What will they say? I am thankfully getting better at ignoring it now.…