Image: 4 panels of Gru (middle-age man from Despicable Me movie) presenting a plan on a canvas.
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1: learn from your history of getting taken advantage of
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2: start setting boundaries with people
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3: "why are you so mean and angry now?"
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4: man looks at canvas with a concerned expression "why are you so mean and angry now?"
Setting boundaries for yourself and communicating them with other people are skills that you must practice to be effective at. Often when you get started, you might come off aggressively or with language or tone that is off-putting or offensive. Reflect on it and make adjustments as you grow. Also, some people are just jerks.