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I lied to everybody for years!

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Updated: Nov 29, 2024

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Estelle CHARLERY, author, blogger and life coach — Estelle C.

I lied to everyone...

I lied to my parents, making them believe that I was a good student doing the studies they had chosen for me.

I lied to my teachers, making them believe that I was interested in their classes.

I lied to my friends from high school, making them believe that I was happy and proud to have gotten my Bac C (scientific baccalaureate) at 17 and a half.

I also pretended to jump for joy when I got my DEUG A (Sciences and Structure of Matter) - Thanks UPEC (University of Creteil, Paris area, France).

I lied to my first employers, making them believe that I knew where I saw myself in five years.

I lied to the next ones, making them believe that I had done everything I could in my previous position and that I needed a change.

I lied to my husband and children every time I came home and told them that I had a very good day at work.

I lied to all my lovers, after my divorce, making them believe that I had a great career, and that everything was fine on that side.

And, above all, I lied to myself!

And then, above all, I lied to myself, because the only career I ever wanted to have is not in administrative management or accounting, even though I excel at it.

It is not in team management either, and yet I am particularly good at it.

It is not even - hold on! - in personal development coaching, despite all the pleasure I take today in helping women and men towards an improved or more assertive version of themselves.

The only career I ever wanted to have is in writing.

Black female writer — Write, write, write...

So I almost became a scientist, but I became an executive.

I almost became a Manager, but I became an entrepreneur.

When all I ever wanted was to be an artist.

I’ve been lying for half a century. That's how long I’ve been lying to MYSELF.

It’s been a long time. And above all it’s tiring. And it hurts.

So, stop. That’s enough. I stop!

My new life is going to start.

July 31, 2023 was the first day of the #JeRamenMaFraise challenge organized by Nina Ramen and which I participated in with pleasure. Since the end of this challenge, I have changed my organization to focus on my new life as an artist-author.

Because the best way to encourage others to achieve their dreams is to achieve your own!