🖍️𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.🖍️

🎒𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒌 ? 🏫
Sitting there, colouring in your drawing without going outside the lines, quietly completing your task without asking too many questions ?
😰𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. Being a model student meant being cautious, following the rules, and completing your task according to the template provided.

🫣𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, perhaps at university or directly in the workplace for some, when that template that gave us so much security would no longer be there, and we would find ourselves seeking solutions to never-before-faced problems. That track to follow would no longer be there, so what then?🫥𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭.🫥

Because standing out, being “hashtag#extraordinary,” entails taking on responsibilities with the risk of not pleasing someone, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞. 🫨How many times have you been told, even by your bosses: “𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡; 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠,” or “𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠; 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡,” or worse still, “𝑊𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦; 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒.”🫨

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬.
We are all at a crossroads, 🤔𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 ?🤔

It’s up to each of us to decide, but one thing is certain;
👉𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 “𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙𝙚𝙙” 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨, 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚.👈