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To be an independent woman is to trust yourself. It is to believe that your life is about fulfilling your individual potential. And while that can and often does include a happy, loving partnership, independent women do one thing -- one crucial thing -- differently: they put themselves first in a world that all but demands they do the opposite. 要成为独立的女子，就要信任自己。要相信，生命的意义在于实现自己的潜能，在实现生命意义的过程中，你可能——而且往往会遇到一段幸福感人的爱情，独立的女子在一件事上与众不同——一件残酷的事情：她们永远会将自己放在第一位，尽管整个世界对她们的要求恰恰相反。 Here are six things self-proclaimed independent women should know before they fall in love: 如果你是一个宣扬自我价值的独立女子，下面6件事是你在坠入爱河之前必须知道的。 1. You might fear losing the autonomy you've carved out for yourself -- not because you're going to, but because you care so much about it. 你可能会担心丧失自己苦心培养起来的独立性——这并不意外着你一定会失掉它，只是你太在乎自己的独立性了。 Committing to someone genuinely can feel sacrificial. You're allowed to be afraid of losing the thing you likely value most, but you're not allowed to let that fear hold you back from other things you want just as much. | 
