The map of yourself you drew at fourteen needs updates. New roads opened. Some bridges closed.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

The account of yourself you formed early was accurate for the person you were then, and it has been running quietly ever since. Not a maths person, bad at talking to people, the one who always quits: reasonable readings of limited evidence gathered by a fourteen year old. You have collected a great deal of evidence since, most of it never filed.

Pick one of those old statements and check it against the last two years. Hunt for counterexamples rather than proof. Some will hold, and the ones that do not have been shaping your choices without ever being reviewed.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What did fourteen-year-old you believe that no longer holds?

MORE IN MINDSET & IDENTITY

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