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Becoming the person who does the thing


Bad news: your internal identity dictates everything you do. Good news: you can change it

Looking back at times when I held certain beliefs—about how the world works, and what my role in this story is—it can feel less like a mod was installed and more like an entirely new operating system was swapped in. I don’t remember the exact straw that broke the camel’s back, but a desire for change grew. If you identity as a failure, incapable of achievement, unfit, unlovable, destined to play a bit-part role in your own story, then by heck no matter how much willpower you put in to push that boulder up the hill, it will return to its place.

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