The fifth

Hi there!
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I've been thinking a lot about respect these last couple of days. I've been feeling a lot of pressure from work and people in general lately and today I just felt like I really needed to do something. I mean, you can stand there and just let people talk you over, or you can put your foot down. The thing I find difficult is to, you know, tell someone you’ve had enough, but still nicely. Especially when I’m talking to my boss, it’s important to say no, but in a good way, so you don’t get fired or something. 

  Well, today I had that talk with my boss, and what I really did was opening up. I told her about my concerns, that I don’t feel comfortable in some situations and things need to get changed around there. And I have to say the response was really good! She started to apologize, gave me a lot of credit for my work and then promised me that she would do her best to fix these things. And afterwards I was really proud of myself! It’s important to stand up for yourself, and today I learned that’s it really worth it!

People won’t always give you respect, and if they’re not. You have to take it.