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The Nice Girls Guide To Getting What You Want

The Nice Girls Guide To Getting What You Want

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Emily Beaton
Apr 07, 2025
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Nice Girl’s Guide to Getting What You Want

Years ago, I believed—wholeheartedly—that if I could just make the people in my life happy, then I would be happy too.

It sounds lovely, doesn’t it? If not a little naïve.

That kind of thinking—while nice—led me to constantly put myself last, sacrifice my own needs, and push my dreams to the back-burner. I genuinely believed that other people’s wants were more worthy than mine. I thought being the ever-supportive cheerleader would be enough.

Wasn’t that what we were taught? That to be kind and good meant going without?

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