Practicing vulnerability

Life principles! One of my main takeaways from 2025 is practicing vulnerability. Being vulnerable means to put yourself out there even if the outcome is uncertain. From an early age I have often avoided rejection like the plague. Not doing something which has a chance of failure. And also taking failures very personally like it reflects on my entire being. I played a lot of competitive sports growing up but I also quit most of them whenever I faced an intense failure. Because I wanted to avoid the feeling of failure. Because I wanted to avoid being a failure. Faking perfection is also something I have found myself doing. Trying to hide my faults. Posing to be someone I am not. Trying to look cool. Get attention. All this to ensure certain results. Or match a certain perfect image of myself in my head. Although this strategy never worked. So because of all this being vulnerable was really hard. Saying something that I want to say. Doing something that I want to do, whenever there is a…