Eddie Pinero

Not by what we do, by what we don't do in order to fit in.

Do you know how everything in our solar system orbits around the sun?

Well, what if you thought of that sun as who you are?

Right?

When you're with your friends or family, when you're writing, saying, thinking what matters to you.

without social media, without brands and marketing and societal pressure, just simply who you are.

That should always be the nucleus of your world, your north star.

That should be the measuring stick to whether you're on the right track, not the externalities that ask you to change your key so that it fits their lock.

What if we re-engineered the way we look at things?

What if we built a world

where people expand upon who they are and what they care about.

Where we have the courage to say no to the latest trend or item or advice because it's just not who you are.

What if you were that confident?

And then if we think some of those externalities will help us, then sure, sprinkle them on top.

But they rotate around you.

You don't rotate around them.

That's the difference.

To be content, you have to be the center of your own universe, living by your guidelines.

So instead of looking around and trying to decide your strengths, you know, based on what will be accepted or promoted or what's been done before, do yourself a favor.

Take a deep breath, step back and just simplify.