The Inner Monologue

Something I believe everyone should know is that almost nothing in this world is as fixed or inevitable as it appears. Systems, governments, economies, even identities — they all look solid only because enough people agree to behave as if they are. The moment you start seeing that, the world changes shape. You stop mistaking the map for the terrain.

The same applies at a personal level. Most people are living inside unexamined assumptions — about success, money, love, or power — that someone else wrote for them.  What I’ve learned is that autonomy isn’t rebellion; it’s clarity.

Everyone should know that clarity is contagious. When one person steps out of the narrative and says, “This doesn’t have to be the way it is,” others start to see the seams, too. That’s how revolutions — political, creative, and personal — begin. So if there’s one truth I’d pass on from the Inner Monologue, it’s this: the world is built by people no smarter than you, and every boundary you see is a design choice waiting to be re-drawn.