Modesty Even Where the Immersion Is Valid
The Raavad weighs an old teaching about immersing at the water's edge and separates a real barrier from a matter of modesty.
In his laws of immersion the Raavad takes up the saying that a woman should not immerse at the landing place. All the earlier teachers, he notes, explained it as a matter of modesty, since many people pass there and she could not immerse properly. He then reads the Gemara in the editions he knew more closely. The concern may be mud on the river bank, and mud is a real barrier between her and the water, so an immersion done there would not count. If there is no mud, he rules that she should still not immerse there, out of modesty, yet if she did, the immersion is valid. He keeps the two concerns apart: a barrier cancels the act, while modesty is a standard to be kept even when the act would stand.
Source: Baalei HaNefesh, Shaar HaTevilah, siman 1, paragraph 4
The Raavad shows that something can be technically fine and still ask more of you. Choose one place today where nothing requires you to hold back, such as how you speak about others, how you dress for a public place, or how loudly you celebrate. Hold to the quieter standard anyway, without comment. Notice how a small, private restraint can give an ordinary moment some dignity.