Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

she said, “I do not smile when I don’t feel like it.” Lyssa blinked, surprised. “Why not?” “Because we are always expected to plaster a grin on our faces even when we don’t wish to. I used to do it so often, I stopped being able to tell when I was smiling for me or for someone else. So now, I don’t smile unless I’m one hundred percent sure it’s something I want to do, not something someone else wants me to do.”

Since reading this, I've thought about it every day. I think I smile less, and that's a good thing