#stereotypes #blacksheep #刻板影像 #害群之馬 #english👇🏽⠀
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“你該拿下一個學位”⠀
“你衝太多浪了”⠀
“你何時才要貢獻社會？”⠀
“你沒有發揮出你最大潛力”⠀
“你不要去Facebook或Google找一份真正的工作嗎？”⠀
“你的淨收入多少？”⠀
“ ...瑜伽？ 我要假裝沒聽見”⠀- 家長
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唉⋯好多刻板印象。在我德國家 大家都是醫生和商業顧問，我小時候在完全不同世界中長大，因此現在跟他們對話，我常覺得自己好像失敗了：無腦，無用，貧窮，做比基尼，衝浪，自稱為企業家，做瑜伽，愛睡車上的嬉皮...還有什麼..？⠀
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有時我問自己，是真的嗎？ 我的生活都在假裝嗎？ 我沒用嗎？ 我建立的品牌太小沒有成功嗎？ 我是個不負責任的人嗎？⠀
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跟他們對話完首先心裡都會痛，但後來我選擇了放下滿足他們期待的願望，而記住事實...⠀
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人們（包含最親密的朋友，父母和家人）並不總是得了解你。特別是沒有一起經歷你生活的人。他們或許常常判斷你，但沒有關係⋯因為「你」還是可以選擇仍然愛他們！⠀
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由於價值觀不同，每個人對目標和成功的定義不同。 這雖然會導致磨擦，但並不意味著你所從事的活動沒有意義或價值。⠀
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你自己深深地熱愛你的生活其實就夠了，而當你做的事情對某人（甚至只是一個人）有價值時，不就夠了嗎？
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我想我們都需要愛上生活，不然怎麼發揮愛！？需要擁抱差異，尊重和溝通，只有這樣 才能互相賦予力量和彼此相愛，並使這個世界變得更加和平，不是嗎？✊🏽☀️👼🏼 ⠀
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“Go get your next degree” ⠀
“You surf too much”⠀
“You could be contributing to society” ⠀
“You don’t live up to your full potential” ⠀
“Don’t you want to get a real job at Facebook or Google?” ⠀
“How much is your net income?”⠀
“...Yoga? ...I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that” ⠀
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Ahhhh the cliches. Growing up in a different “world”, my family of doctors & business consultants usually make me feel like a black sheep: brainless, useless, poor, surfing, bikini-making, self-called-entrepreneur, van-living, eco-yogi-hippie... what else..?⠀
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Sometimes I ask myself, is that true? Am I a pretender? Am I irresponsible? Is my brand too small? Am I failing?
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First it hurts, but then I step over my ego... ⠀
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Truth is: People - as well as “close” friends, parents, and family - don’t always HAVE to understand everything. Especially if they haven’t experienced your life with you. They might judge you, and it’s okey....Because YOU can chose to NOT judge them AND love them anyway! 😉
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Everybody defines purpose & success differently, it doesn’t mean that what you do is less meaningful or valuable. ⠀
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It’s enough when YOU deeply love what you do, and it’s enough when what you’re doing is worthy to someone, even if it’s just ONE person! ⠀
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I think we should fall in love with our life! Embrace differences, respect and communicate. Only like that we can empower and love each-other... and make this world a more peaceful place. ☀️✌🏽🙆🏻♀️
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