7 Surprising Habits to Quit Now If You Want True Peace as You Age
4. Being a people-pleaser
We all like to be liked, right? That’s just human nature.
However, there’s a difference between kindness and bending over backwards to make everyone else happy at your own expense.
That’s often a recipe for frustration and exhaustion.
I see this a lot in my counseling work: people who’ve spent years (or even decades) ignoring their own needs to fulfill everyone else’s expectations.
This might look like always agreeing with someone even when you disagree internally, or constantly shifting your plans to accommodate others.
