You used to accept less than you deserved.
Not because you didn't know your value.
Because you didn't believe you could enforce it.
You tolerated poor treatment.
You settled for inconsistent presence.
You made excuses for people who wouldn't make the effort.
But something has shifted.
You're no longer willing to shrink your standards
to accommodate someone else's inability to meet them.
Standards are not arrogance.
They're the shape of your self-respect.
And the people who truly belong in your life
will not need you to lower them.
This week, name one standard you will no longer apologise for.
Not aggressively. Just clearly.
You are not too much.
You are finally enough to know what you require.
And that is not selfishness. It's maturity.