
1. This is the most obvious benefit: life is better when you’re not so concerned about how other people will view you for your actions, choices, and decisions. There’s great freedom from doing what makes you happy; being authentically yourself. Whether this i…
…d dating someone, but when I visited his parents during school break, his dad asked about my major. Upon hearing engineering, he scowled and said “Oh, you are one of those girls taking jobs away from the men who really need them!” These actions and statements made me feel that my intellectual abilities were not recognized, value…