Being hyper independent can be a curse

What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?

The lesson I have learned recently is that being independent can be a curse,  particularly at times that you need help in your life, because you have been hyper independent for so long that everybody assumes you always manage everything and are shocked when you admit you need help,  or ask for help.

I belong to Generation X, so it is always assumed that we are strongly independent and will never ask for help because we want to be seen as being capable and not needing support in anyway. Yes I am a generation X lady through and through,so I experience anxiety at the thought of asking for assistance in things I can’t do myself alone. I think I shocked my family recently because they see me as someone who just battles on in life and make do with what I have. The reality is that yes I am strongly independent,  but there will from time to time be things that I can’t do on my own related to my personal financial circumstances,  so I choose to just battle on and try to get by stretching my personal resources to the limit. I am a bit naive at times and tend to view everything through a glass half full perspective even though the reality can be a bit different to that.

This experience has taught me not to ask for support but to try and make do and mend and save as much as I can with my limited means. It has opened my eyes and made me see what a naive trusting person I am at times.