“Somewhere along the course of my life, I’d started to believe that the easiest way to get people to stay was to be agreeable. It felt easier to make waves than to admit that I was a person who had needs and desires just like everyone else. It was “easier” to put my hopes, dreams, and needs to the side, to not inconvenience anyone with my humanity. And any frustration, any potential rejection, just…never happened. Because who would reject someone who agreed with their every whim and desire?”