The stories in our head

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When you are not used to getting your needs met, listening to yourself feels selfish.
When you are not used to loving yourself, anyone else who loves you feels fake.
When you grew up without money, you grow up to either go after money or go beyond money.
When you are surrounded by people thriving on your self doubt, being yourself feels like an act of rebel.
When you are in a toxic relationship, giving them feedback on their damage, feels like accusing the victim.
When you do not understand how money works, every rich person feels like a cheat.
When your world doesn't encourage you, every task you pick up seems worthless.
When you do not think of decisions as reversible or irreversible, every decision feels like a struggle.
When you have a poor understanding of who you are, anything can feel like a personal attack.
When you are young and confused, every day feels like you are missing some opportunity of a lifetime.
When you are old and confused, every day feels like regret, that you will never have an answer to.
When nothing is going your way, waiting for hope feels hopeless.
When you do not know where you spend your time daily, planning your day feels useless.
When your parents do not support your choices, every "failure" feels like you are the failure.
When you do not have a sense of progress in what you do, every moment craves for motivation
When you do not know what you want from your life, everyone else's success will make you jealous.
Every day, we make up stories, to explain everything.

Over several years, one of my most important realizations is that we are the stories in our head.

These stories drive our decisions, our actions and our reactions.
Realizing how our stories shape up our reality, is the first step to changing the stories, to change our reality!

Books, content, our relationships, our work - all shape up our thoughts.
And thus our stories.

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