Don't limit yourself by your circumstances

You want to change.

But you're procastinating on it. 

You give yourself a lot of reasons.

Others will tell you that you can't make it.

You feel trapped, hopeless and ashamed.

You'll keep doing things that you don't want to. 

And you can't stop.

It could be any type of behavior or physical or psychological addiction you're going through.

Why is this happening?

Because it's easier to blame yourself or others than doing the hard work. 

It's easier to analyse yourself instead of taking action.

 

Here's how happens most of the time:

You’re born into a system. That part’s not your fault. The system includes the obvious things—school, work, rules, money—but also the invisible stuff. What people expect from you. What they say is “realistic.” What they laugh at. What they quietly approve of. It all adds up. Over time, you internalize it. You start making decisions based on it.

You build your life around what the system says is acceptable. And one day you look up and realize you’re stuck in something. You don’t like it. It feels rigid, suffocating. And to escape this you find other habits that are totally shameful and you hide them from everyone else. You're trapped. 

You limit yourself by the circumstances.

And the worst part is that you built the limit. Not on purpose. Society gave you the material. But you laid the bricks. You reinforced the walls. And eventually, you stopped looking for the exit because it felt normal to stay inside.

 

Here's what I went through in life:

The belief that nicotine is just part of my life and I can't exist without it.

The idea that I just wasn’t good at school.

That I had to stay in one place forever.

That I’d always be broke.

That I’d always be alone.

 

None of it was objectively true. But I believed it, so I built around it. I lived inside it. But what you believe shapes you. What you live through day in and day out becomes you. 

 

How do you get out? Just do something else. 

Write notes on your hands if needed. Because you need to create yourself new thoughts

A new algorithm. And fight every day. Until it becomes the new you. This will make you change.

They say changing a character is harder than moving a mountain.

Move that mountain in yourself. Because it is possible. 

 

Sometimes you’ll find yourself back inside the prison after you thought you beat it.

That’s normal. Don’t punish yourself for it. Just notice. Recognize the shape of it. Then leave again.

 

You’re not stuck. You’re not broken. You’re not a failure. You’re just someone who forgot they were free.

 

What prison are you living in?

And what would happen if you stopped believing it was real?