The longer I live the more I want to speak up for myself. I have lived a majority of my life to please others. Now that I have the financial backing I feel the power to speak up for myself. Now, I could have had this power even without having my financials in order, but there is a minimum income one needs before they have the confidence to possibly lose what they have. Or you could lose it and be broke. The problem with that is it is extremely hard to get out of brokenness. Better to not go there if capable. Not to say that being broke is not a great motivator to be better either. The extremely successful people have gone broke, but they are the freaks, the extreme minority.
Speaking up for what I want is liberating! It is something I have rarely spoken up for! It is so uncommon to me that, at first, I didn’t know what I wanted! So scared of being judged, cut down, laughed at that I had stunted all my desires to a size I could not read or comprehend! At the same time that I was stunting what I wanted to be healthy and well the more I became unhealthy and sickly. I want you to know that you don’t have to wait until you have income to stand up for yourself. Don’t wait until then like I did. It just gave me some real tribulations that I work on every day. Stand up for yourself now. Don’t let your family, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend and society tell you what to wear, who to date, when to date, who to give your body to for sexual pleasure, etc. Trust me, you will wish you had known better. To avoid this, start practicing TODAY.
If something happens or is going to happen then say something about it. There is no need to be rude or angry about it, but say it in a forthright manner that gets your stance across. Say what you want and actually mean what you say. If you have a hard time verbally speaking out then you can always type it up. This way you can review and edit to make sure your message gets across and is not manipulated by a second or third party.
Practice speaking for yourself everyday as if you are the ambassador to this country that is YOU.