Serious advice: Your close friends and partners should actively admire you and how you live your life. Don’t settle for less. You can have less close relations across the divide. But your closest circle should see you as a hero.
I don’t exactly disagree, but I’d rather not frame it in terms of expectations for others’ perception of you. YOU should actively admire the way you live your life and make decisions. That’s somewhat different from admiring yourself, as you should also have the humility to recognize that a lot of contingent context went into any successes you have as well.
Serious advice: Your close friends and partners should actively admire you and how you live your life. Don’t settle for less. You can have less close relations across the divide. But your closest circle should see you as a hero.
I don’t exactly disagree, but I’d rather not frame it in terms of expectations for others’ perception of you. YOU should actively admire the way you live your life and make decisions. That’s somewhat different from admiring yourself, as you should also have the humility to recognize that a lot of contingent context went into any successes you have as well.