Your first thought is often whatever you were taught. Your second thought is who you are.

The immediate reaction is largely inherited, assembled from whatever was around you before you could evaluate any of it. That does not make it wrong, and it does not make it yours. What comes next, once you have looked at the first reaction and decided whether you agree, is the part you actually wrote. Most people never reach the second thought, because the first arrives with such confidence.

When a strong opinion shows up this week, stop and ask where you got it. Then decide on purpose whether to keep it.