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as I continue on with my theme of authenticity for 2025, I’ve compiled a list of 13 things that can help me and you and us to get to know ourselves better + I added some practical writing exercises that you can do right after listening to this for my paid subscribers. I hope you enjoy and here’s an outline of this episode:

* define who you are not first, before you define who you are

* correct people when they get things wrong about you

* do things in your own time

* try new things and be okay with being bad at first

* set boundaries and be brave about enforcing them

* pay attention to things that have stayed consistent about you throughout most or all of your life

* pay attention to which things and people make you feel bad

* get comfortable with silence and solitude

* notice your habits - cultivate the good ones and correct the bad ones

* allow room for change, because it is inevitable

* journal and document your life (see episode 004)

* curate your consumption of digital and physical media / objects

practical exercises: