Their skiff'd have ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up,

it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so

a guess. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change really.

Enjoy in every sip with red carps now back at Starbucks.

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2329, how to find freedom from the opinions of others and what to do when fear is keeping us stuck.

Both by Katy Pying of more of what matters blog.com and I'm your very own personal narrator, Justin Mollick here to help you optimize your life.

I simply read to you topics include personal development, productivity and minimalism mostly.

Some of the authors I feature with their permission include Zenhabits, Mark and Angel, the Minimalists and more.

Today I'm featuring two articles so that let's get right to them as we optimize your life.

How to find freedom from the opinions of others by Katy Pying of more of what matters blog.com.

You are not here on this earth to please every person. In fact, you will do lots of things that others do not approve of, do not agree with and just doesn't align with the way they view the world.

Is your choice to review the feedback they are giving you whether a structured critique or snide remark and make the decision to take it on or not.

You don't have an obligation to carry any piece of information about yourself that you don't want the weight of. This may not come simply at first, but if you follow these steps, you will begin to harness the power of your authentic self and deliberately choose what you want to identify with and what you choose to leave behind.

First, get to know yourself.

Understand your strengths, your values, your priorities, and your areas in need of growth. I found the best way to get to know myself is through writing, meditating, and reading.

This may not be true for all people, but it is what aligns with my soul.

I repeat mantras, I smile at strangers, I walk in nature, I absorb a good chunk of positive and inspiring things on a daily basis, I narrate elaborate stories in the voices of my dogs.

Through this, I have dug in a bit, and what I found was there are a lot of things I like about myself. I didn't know all of those things were there before.

Some of these things I used to view as weaknesses, then discovered that just wasn't so.

I celebrate these things and assign greater value to them. The things I truly don't like as much, I begin to transform or lovingly accept, because some of that is just sticking around.

Second, be a witness to your thoughts, actions, and reactions.

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