I recently read something that spoke out to me. Something I will always remember.

Stumbling across a phrase on a social media platform that I probably spend too much time on, I read "Shatter the ceiling of the box that you are expected to fit in."

One more time in case you missed it... "Shatter the ceiling of the box that you are expected to fit in."

This is YOUR life.

We are all, at some point in our lives, expected to be things we aren't. Expected to do things we don't want to do.

We are all expected to say things we don't mean. Educate ourselves on things we aren't even interested in.

We are all expected to do great in school as we grow up... go to college, find a perfect partner, apply to jobs and start your perfect career with your soon to be family in mind, along with your perfect house and perfect car. We are expected to do so many things so fast, and sometimes we forget to live.

So, shatter your box.

Shatter the ceiling of the box that you are expected to fit in.

Go for your dream job.

Spend a little extra cash on a vacation to explore a beautiful part of the world you've been dying to see.

Stop listening to those who are creating the ceiling of that box for you.

Nobody could ever know what you want, more than you do.

So, it's up to you to make sure you're doing things you love, creating the life you want to be living.

After all, happiness doesn't bloom entirely from others. You have to start somewhere, yourself.