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You wait for a permission that nobody was ever going to ask you for.

You clean the whole kitchen before you'll let yourself sit down and rest.

You compare your behind the scenes to everyone else's highlight reel. Daily.

You know exactly what your friend should do. None of what you should.

You say I'm fine three times before lunch, and start to believe it.

You're exhausted, but you still open your laptop just to check one thing.

You check if you replied too fast before you even check what you said.

You're the one everyone calls when something falls apart. Including you.

You still play peacemaker at family dinners you're not even hosting.

You nod along in the meeting, then say what you actually think in the car.

You mention the promotion twice, just in case they missed it the first time.

You say yes before you've even finished hearing the question.

You rewrite the text message four times so you don't sound too much.

Our choices are shaped not only by beliefs, but by belonging, time perspective and the behaviour we see around us.