This resonated so deeply. That bit about the brain running constant simulations, making stuff up all the time? Yep. I get it. It's exhausting!

I relate to the dance between self-awareness and self-doubt - we can know we're good at stuff but don't own it when people say so! I think us woman do that as a matter of course. But we'd lift other people up, so why not ourselves?

Speaking of which, I admire you don't pretend! Fuck yeah! It's radical - why do we hold onto our masks?

But I like the way you see it as just working on some code you're not happy with - we can become better versions of ourselves, right? Transformation is hard, and messy, and human - we don't always get it right, and we're not always perfect. To own it is awesome, so you go girl!