Default or design

You have an identity. We all do. What we don’t all have is an identity by design. For many of us, we have an identity by default. Life has informed how we view ourselves – outside views, hardships, good times, friends, bosses – and we’ve drifted along, content to default to the identities that life has thrown our way. For a few, something wakes you up and you decide to live a life by design not default. You decide who you are. Who you are is still informed by life events, but it’s no longer passive. You’re choosing who you want to be and how you want those events to mold you and define you.

We all have a choice. Do you want to be who you are by default or design? If design, slow down and write out some identity statements. As Dolly Parton said, “find out who you are and do it on purpose.”