How to Become More "You" Than You've Ever Been in Your Life.
Become The "You" You Planned To Be Before You Were Born
For years, I lost myself.
I looked in the mirror and didn’t even recognize the person staring back. At my worst, people started saying I actually looked related to my wife. Our hairstyles were similar. I gained a bunch of weight, which made me resemble her even more. I had absorbed my environment like a sponge—until I had no identity.
I became a hollowed-out version of myself.
And that kind of self-abandonment? It almost killed me.
Most people will die never knowing who they really are.
They spend their whole lives living according to someone else’s script. They play the role of the “good son,” the “good employee,” the “nice guy,” the “obedient wife.” They follow the invisible rules. Do what they’re told. Contort themselves into whatever shape the world demands.
And then one day, they wake up and wonder why they’re miserable.
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