Conformity

 “I Did What Everyone Else Did—Until I Didn’t”

All my friends went into finance after college, so I did too. We wore the same suits, talked about bonuses, and spent weekends escaping the jobs we were working so hard to keep.

At 41, after a stress-related panic attack, I walked away. I opened a tiny bike repair shop in a town no one had heard of. Everyone thought I’d lost my mind. But I’d finally found it. Now I fix gears, talk to customers, and feel a kind of peace that money never gave me.

Advice: Conformity is comfortable. But authenticity is electric.

Quote: “Don’t trade who you are for who they want you to be.” – Brené Brown

Lilly Botto -Writer -” House & Garden” Category