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Why Being Yourself is a disruptive act by Paula Pant of a Ford Anything.com.

We ought to spend time and money in a way that's aligned with our values.

In reality, our spending habits are often tied to

other people's expectations of us. Humans are social creatures. The people in our lives

influence us, both consciously and in subtle ways we never realize.

We decide that we should climb a career ladder,

buy fancy appliances and live behind a white picket fence.

There's nothing wrong with these choices choices as long as it's a conscious

deliberate decision. Our only error is buckling to the expectation that we're a

failure if we don't follow the script. But influence is a two-way street. If we break away from the mold, we challenge

other people's assumptions. We create chaos without saying a word. Being yourself is disruptive. Being yourself is disruptive act. Your lifestyle becomes a mirror that forces people to re-examine their own decisions.

The result, some people will criticize you. The rude ones may overtly condemn you, but the polite ones will mask their assumptions in the form of a question.

It'll often be tied to age and or an arbitrary timeline. Like, aren't you too old to be living with roommates?

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