“The world will ask who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.”― Carl Jung

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You’ve been building an identity your entire life. But much of who you became early in life was put together by other people. So far, it’s working for or against you. “Five minutes after you are born, they will decide your name, nationality, religion, and sect, and you will spend the rest of your life desperately defending things you didn’t choose.” philosopher and writer Schopenhauer said that. You think you know yourself. But most of who you think you are may not even be yours. You might be borrowing your identity.

The invisible process has been going on unconsciously for decades. You are the intersection of your parents’ behaviours, your friends’ tastes, and your teacher’s opinions. Your parents passed on their fears, hopes and limitations to you. Your teachers told you whether you were smart or not.…