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What you call yourself is yours to choose. In some rooms one word helps; in others, another. The name answers to you, and it's allowed to change.
The back of The name you answer to — with the code that opens this room
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REMEMBER · XII

Lesson 38 of LII · the REMEMBER course
The idea behind this card — The name you answer to

What you call yourself is yours to choose. In some rooms one word helps; in others, another. The name answers to you, and it's allowed to change.

REMEMBER — The honest archive — the years, the people, the person underneath

people sat with this card this month

The practice

try the sentence both ways today — the word you've been using, and 'a person who...' Keep whichever stands you up straighter. Re-decide whenever you like.

Where this idea comes from

  • Narrative identity — Dan McAdams

More in this deck

TEND · XII  ·  GROUND · XII  ·  FEEL · XII

This room doesn't expire. Come back for whatever is coming up — tonight, the anniversary, years from now.

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