I’ve been reading a WaitButWhy post on careers over the last few days which implores the reader to look at their wants, beliefs, preferences, desires, aspirations and dreams in detail. And, more importantly, it suggests understanding the source of these…. are they my own or were they planted in my head by society/peers/family?
It’s caused me to reflect a lot on my own core… what part of it are things that I truly want and what are things instilled from outside?
And where do they come from?
Some things I can untangle. Some are mangled and difficult to get through
But this process of distillation can be really useful. Once you understand the building blocks of your life choices, you can begin choosing the ones you want to keep and the ones you’d like to get rid of.
It’s good to have a little spring clean of the psyche every now and again, and remove the stuff that doesn’t need to be there
Image is of my friend Caito when we were moving out of res in first year
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Song of the day: Rameses B – We are the universe
Great idea to unpack your beliefs and “rules” in order to really own what is left.
I’ve been reading the same post but at a painfully slow pace. It should be required reading 🙈