One of the Green brothers (@hankgreen or @johngreenwritesbooks ) said relatively recently: “do not kill the part of you that is cringe, kill the part that cringes” and I say that to myself like twice a day when I engage in something that brings me joy.

let them fucking cringe ☺️ let them cringe it allllll out …

Cringe is indeed a prison of our own making… only we get let ourselves out.

Let them cringe. Let them see how free you are.