APX-VI-0010
“I've been telling a story about my life that isn't even true anymore.”
Old stories are comfortable because they're familiar — even when they shrink you. If the story you're telling about yourself was written five years ago, it belongs to a person who no longer exists. Write a new one.
Your Practice
Write the old story in one paragraph — the version of yourself you keep narrating. Then write the current version: who you actually are right now, with what you actually have. Read both. Notice the gap. Begin operating from the current version only.
The Architects
“A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book III.5 (George Long translation)