It's YOUR Life
5 Nov 2025 · 0 min
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When someone criticizes you, they're really saying you don't live the way they'd prefer. Your life is yours, not theirs. Recognizing this simple fact drains criticism of its power.
When someone criticizes you, they're really saying you don't live the way they'd prefer. Your life is yours, not theirs. Recognizing this simple fact drains criticism of its power.
I've been able to boil down almost all criticism from other people in my life to this statement, so please listen to it carefully. You do not live in a way that I would prefer. And the answer to that is, of course not, because it's my life. You should live your life in the way that you prefer. Why should I live my life in the way that you prefer? That makes no sense. As soon as I got that translation, that reframe, it somehow just like— it was like the volume of the world turned down for me.
