People-Pleasing: A Hero to Everyone Else, a Villain to Yourself

The easiest way to become your own worst enemy.

Renata Ellera Gomes
Renata Ellera Archive
3 min readDec 8, 2022

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Photo by Ivan Kazlouskij on Unsplash

When you people please, you become everyone’s favorite person.

You’re everyone’s go-to for free help with their indie project, for free babysitting whenever they need a night away from the kids, for a last-minute extra cake for the bake sale.

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Renata Ellera Gomes
Renata Ellera Archive

Writing about love, relationships, culture, and life in general. Get my book, Acid Sugar, at shorturl.at/hvAVX