Remember the anticipation you felt waiting for your second-grade teacher to hand back your graded paper? Would you get an excellent sticker? A gold star? Or my favorite, a sticker with a watermelon smell? As adults, we still look for those stickers of acknowledgment. We often seek it from the external sources rather than internally. I have learned over time that it’s important to find fulfillment within ourselves because, unlike children, most people overlook your efforts and success unless you point them out. This can sound easier than it is because it takes time to shift how you feel on the
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