I’ve started expressing who I am and how I want to look after many years of being too scared. I’m 23 and a preschool teacher on top of being a mom. I have tattoos but I’m getting some big pieces done real soon on my arms, I’m super excited! However I know I’ll have to cover them up for work just like I have to flip my septum ring.

A friend told me I should change my job because hiding myself is wrong. I LOVE my job and my kids. I don’t care that I have to hide some things about me while I’m at work. It is what it is. I work at a religious preschool, covering up a bunch of big tattoos to be presentable is no big deal.

Why not have the best of both worlds? Why be told I should be miserable doing something else just to keep my self expressions visible?