My wife said a quote to me the other day to the effect of... "The longer you wear the mask, the more you become what the mask represents."
You can say "I wanna be this or that," but are you acting like the type of person you want to be? Are you trying to emulate the qualities that you see in other people that you want to be like?
A great question to ask yourself: Is this is line with the kind of person I want to be? Make your decisions based on that. Eventually, your true authentic self becomes the type of person you strive to be.
This isn't passive. You have to actively do this. Change is possible while being authentic to yourself.
What kind of person do you want to be?
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