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2020: A Clean Slate

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Imagine a life where you sacrifice your own happiness based on what other people want for you. From small things like wearing a dress you don't really like because your friend said it looks cute, to picking a career just because it's what your parents want you to do. Next thing, you're sitting in an armchair at 70 years old with a life you're not happy about thinking, "How did I get here?" Doing what others want may be fine for a while , but when you don't put yourself and your own choices first, little decisions could build up to resentment and regret down the line. We want to be sure we're choosing our own path at every point in time Adedayo Adeniyi because it's easier to give your best self to the world when you're happy inside . She Leads Africa newsletter, Saturday January 18, 2020. I feel as if the writer took a peek into my life and decided to write about it. The last quarter of 2019 had me rolling around one though