Hello, hello, everyone. This is Tanya Dalton, owner of Inquale Press, and I'm here to give you

another episode of The Weekender, a mini episode to help you end your week on the right note.

This season, we've been talking all about investing in yourself. And I think one of the

important things to understand when you're making this investment is who you are. What are the things

that you hold true? What are the characteristics, the traits, and the underlying beliefs that

make you the unique person that you are. I started thinking about this

years ago, October 19th of 2011 to be exact, and I decided I would start being mindful of the things

that seemed to me to make up my own set of truths. And so I started a document so that when I

noticed something about myself or others,

a feeling, a recurring thought, a belief, I began to write them down. They're a little bit like

the breadcrumbs that we talked about a few weeks ago. And I found that over time, these are the

things that make up what I call my simple truths. I keep these written out

in a few different places and I look them over often, especially if I feel like I need to anchor

myself. You ever get that feeling, that feeling that maybe you've forgotten a little bit of who you are?

Yeah, we all get that. Anyway, my simple truth's work to center me and remind

me of who I am at my core. I have a good size list, but I thought I would share just a few of them

with you today. I think it'll give you a little bit of insight into who I really am. Ready? Here's Tanya's simple truths. Nobody likes their story

topped. Being polite and kind doesn't mean you have to take anyone else's abuse. You don't

have to take anyone else's abuse ever. When someone starts the phrase, don't take this the wrong way, I will. Give people slack.

You don't know their story. Laughter always brings people closer and lightens the mood.

A single kind gesture can make a stranger's day, a nice comment or a compliment, or even

just a simple kind word.

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