a.k.a. the uncomfortable step after setting your boundaries. 

Don't get me wrong: boundaries are absolutely essential and everyone must undergo the difficult process of figuring out their boundaries, establishing them, and communicating them to the people in their lives. That's a non-negotiable. Boundary-setting is a part of identity formation, in my opinion. 

BUT...

Sometimes our boundaries become gilded cages that we live in. They become the crutch that we use as an excuse to stop evolving. THAT's when we need to reimagine what our boundaries are. You see, boundaries are the means to the end; and the end -- that 'thing' we're trying to protect? That's the non-negotiable. And when boundaries no longer serve us, we owe it to ourselves to respectfully acknowledge that we've outgrown them. 

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