7/ Another one more thing:
I’m getting feedback that I should “be myself, not do what is expected of me.”
I wasn’t clear. I held back not because of what was expected of me, but because I didn’t want to dash hopes. I didn’t want to be the Debbie Downer I detest.
I want that hope to live and thrive and did not want to extinguish one second of it.
That’s what I meant.
I hope that clarifies.