OneWord - so little time [prisoner]

I had long been held prisoner by my own beliefs, my notions that I was not pretty enough, not smart enough, not mainstream enough, not understood enough. What I had to do was learn that the only standards that mattered were my own. Then all I had to do was lower them...wait...that's not right.

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Thank you for a thought provoking word, Paperback Writer!