HOW DO YOU EMBRACE DIVERSITY AND/OR UNCONVENTIONALITY?

Growing up as a third-culture kid and an Aquarius, I've always been unconventional. I've always questioned norms and rules and moved to the beat of my own drum. As a kid it was harder to execute my unconventionality, but as an adult, even my decision to move to Mexico City without a job, on unemployment in the middle of the pandemic was very unconventional. Everyone around me back home thought I was crazy. Leaving my architecture job and becoming a breathwork and embodiment guide was unconventional. Being unconventional is hard because people are always questioning you, and raising eyebrows. I've lost a lot of friendships because I outgrew them, and couldnt continue pretending to be happy living under the conventional ways that were the glue for our friendships. I've had to endure a lot of family criticism for being 36, unmarried, and moving abroad. But it has also strengthened my own self trust, my intuition, it has given me a much happier life that I could never have if I had stayed in the USA as an architect. And it has shown others that there is happiness possible beyond just the norms they see every day. I personally have been told by countless people that my bravery and openness in living my unconventional life has inspired them to make unconventional decisions for themselves too. :)