Your identity is a cage you built
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You tell people “I’m not a morning person.”
Not because it’s true. Because it gives you permission to sleep until 9am without feeling guilty about it.
You say “I’m just not creative.” Not because you’ve tested it. Because it protects you from the discomfort of trying to create something and having it be mediocre.
You declare “I’m terrible with money.” Not because your brain is incapable of basic math. Because it gives you an excuse for why you’re not building wealth.
Every time you say “I’m just not X,” you’re not describing yourself. You’re prescribing yourself. You’re writing your own limitations into permanent code. And then you wonder why you can’t change.
Here’s what nobody tells you: Your current identity is a tax on your potential.
Every “I’m not” statement is a small death. A door you close. A possibility you eliminate. You built a cage out of old observations about yourself and called it authenticity. Called it being real. Called it self-acceptance.
It’s not acceptance. It’s surrender. And the person you could become is suffocating under the person you insist on being.
