PS. Another artwork, taadaaa!! :)

Hey there! How are you today? I hope your are okay and healthy. :)

Today I will be sharing another life lesson that I learned from experience. The Lesson I'm going to share today, is maybe something that you can hear from other people, but I'll still share it with you. So shall we start?

#2 Be Yourself

Be yourself, yes I know you have about this many times and so did I. But let's all be honest, for some people its not easy to do this. Why? you may ask. Well some reasons are , maybe they are afraid of being judge by other people for doing the things that they love or for being the person that they really are. One more reason is maybe they are unsure if its worth it to pursue the things that they like or is it not , they doubt on themselves because of lack of moral support from people they trust and love.

These are just two of countless reasons why some people find it so difficult to be themselves and pursue their dreams and goals.

So now you must be wondering was I one of those people ?( Or maybe not, I honestly don't know if you are thinking that, I can't read your mind hehe..) And the answer is YES, I am one of those people who had difficulties on being myself . I like art, well no actually I love it. I want it to be my bread and butter when I grow up. That was my dream, as a child my biggest dream was to have my art displayed on galleries and museum for the world to see, for people to know my story through art. But no matter how much I wanted to do that, I was not encouraged to do so, my family knew how much I love it but they encouraged me to pursue something else , something more "realistic" and would help me secure my future and because I want them to be proud of me I followed what they said and focused more on academics. Although I am doing well with studying , there was always this gap inside me that I can't fill no matter how hard I try. Fast forward to me graduating and getting a job, I followed their advice because they say that I will be successful.  Well they were right, I succeeded, I graduated a 4 year course and now I am ready to enter the real world, but it was not really success. After graduating, I jumped from one job to another, I did not stay too long in any job that I had ( I am not really proud of this). I was not contented, I was not happy. For 6 years that what I did, I desperately looked for other jobs that would pay me well even though I was not enjoying them because I was afraid of being a disappointment for my family. But deep inside I knew I could only be happy if I just be myself and pursue what I really want to do. It took me years to find the courage to fight for my dreams and fight for who I am and for what will make me really happy. I stopped working, I studied, I practiced and focus on my craft and then I also looked for something that can help me earn money while doing the things that I love. Now I am continuously doing that, I make art and teach other people English. I may not be earning as much as I was earning before, but now I can say that I am contented and happy. I can now express myself better compared to myself a few years ago when I didn't even know who I really was. I am not successful as what my parents hoped me to be but, I am happy with myself. Step by step I am continuously improving and discovering things that I can do, and that for me is success and I wouldn't be able to realize that If I didn't decide to take a leap of faith and Be myself.

So to you who is reading this, I hope that you find the courage to find out who you are, what makes you happy, what makes you excited and curious in life. I hope you find out who you are and be happy with yourselves. It is not an easy journey but I know you will make it.

So I will end this very long story with a simple question.

" What makes you happy? "

That is all for now Thank you so much for reading this, til next time! Please stay safe!