What if you just went awayâŚ
if you left behind everything you knew and lovedâŚ
all of the expectations and pressureâŚ
where would you go?
who would you become?
For the past month, I found myself alone and in a new place. While there, I grew in ways I didnât expect myself to, and feel like I came back a different person.
If I were to psychoanalyze myself, I think that the geographical space between me and everything I grew up around gave me the space to feel like I could choose something new if I wanted to.
There wasnât that voice in my head telling me who people thought I was or could and should be. I was just me, with myself, deciding who to be in each moment.
There wasnât the town that reminded me of where I came from, or tethered me to who people are âsupposedâ to become.
There was just me, and I felt free.
Thatâs why I think everyone needs to go away.
Who do you become when youâre not told who to be?
Who do you become when you get to completely choose?
I donât think many people give themselves the space to answer that questionâŚbut I think that answering thee question is imperative.