Who you are is not fixed — and neither is who you’re becoming. Tomer Rozenberg’s essays on identity explore the gap between the person you’ve been and the person you’re choosing to become: clinging to old stories, changing your mind, starting over, and the quiet courage of real transformation.
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Why We’re Afraid to Change Our Minds
Read more: Why We’re Afraid to Change Our MindsI used to have a strong opinion about something. I shared it publicly, more than once, with the kind of confidence that comes from genuinely believing you’ve thought…
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Choosing to Be Misunderstood
Read more: Choosing to Be MisunderstoodI made a decision last year that everyone in my life thought was wrong. Not dramatically wrong—nobody staged an intervention. But wrong enough that people kept asking me…
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Clinging to an Identity That No Longer Fits
Read more: Clinging to an Identity That No Longer FitsSomeone at work called me “the ambitious one” last week. Said it as a compliment, as a way of describing me to someone new. And instead of feeling…
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The Version of You That You Keep Trying to Be
Read more: The Version of You That You Keep Trying to BeEvery Sunday night, I do the same thing. I sit down with my planner and map out the perfect week. This will be the week I finally become…
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The Season of Life You’re In vs. The One You Think You Should Be In
Read more: The Season of Life You’re In vs. The One You Think You Should Be InI spent most of last year feeling like I wasn’t doing enough. Everyone around me seemed to be launching new projects, starting businesses, building impressive things. Meanwhile, I…
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The People You’re Not Anymore
Read more: The People You’re Not AnymoreI found an old journal from when I was twenty-two last week. I opened it expecting to feel nostalgic, to remember who I was, to reconnect with some…
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The Version of You That Only Comes Out Alone
Read more: The Version of You That Only Comes Out AloneI was home alone last weekend for the first time in months. My roommate was traveling, no plans, no obligations, just me and the apartment for three days.…
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The Difference Between Changing and Improving
Read more: The Difference Between Changing and ImprovingFor three years, I tried to become a better version of myself. I read the books, followed the morning routines, tracked my habits, optimized my productivity. I was…
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Your Passion Isn’t Missing, it’s Misunderstood
Read more: Your Passion Isn’t Missing, it’s MisunderstoodI spent most of my twenties convinced something was wrong with me because I couldn’t find my passion. Everyone else seemed to have it figured out. My college…
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The Person You Were Supposed to Be
Read more: The Person You Were Supposed to BeI found my old journal from college last month, and reading it was like meeting a stranger who happened to share my name. The person writing those entries…
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