I no longer need to like the things people do to accept them
Up until this point - perhaps until a pivotal moment happened ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nqv9lmWuklFzTVFWtDlh6KC24bPQUqMF-fnORR2GPIA/edit?usp=sharing ) - I would need to like the things people do in order to like them as beings. I am now decoupling the two and it feels amazing. Tangibly, this is what needing to like what people do looks like: X does something I don't like -> I don't like X X does something I find stupid -> X is stupid Inversely: Y does things I like -> I like Y Y does things I find great -> Y is great Decoupling the things people do from who they are might seem trivial, but it has been a real challenge for me, seemingly because so much of my identity has been tied to the things I do for so long. In a way I was only doing the "fair" thing and using the same criteria I used on myself with others. Lately, with the process of letting go of identities, I've apparently also freed those around me from their identities as "so...