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Changing your mind isn’t inconsistency; it’s growth. It’s one of the few genuinely underrated joys of being alive, to decide that what you once held as gospel no longer fits. 🧵

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JA Westenberg
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To let go of the version of yourself who thought they had it all figured out—who clung to opinions or choices like lifeboats in an endless, chaotic ocean—requires a rare kind of courage. Most people are terrified of it.
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The idea that they might contradict themselves, that someone might call them a hypocrite, that their identity might collapse like a poorly-stacked house of cards, is too much to bear.
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So they cling.

They double down on bad takes and outdated beliefs, wielding consistency like a shield against any evidence that they were, at some point, wrong.

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But the past version of yourself doesn’t get to hold you hostage. They don’t get a vote on who you’re allowed to become, or what you’re allowed to believe now that you’ve learned more, lived more, seen more. And yet, we let them.
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We let our own ghosts, the echoes of who we were five years ago or five minutes ago, dictate the rules of our evolution. We feel loyalty to that person, even when they were clearly floundering, clueless, or flat-out wrong.
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We feel guilt for outgrowing them, as though self-betrayal is somehow worse than self-stagnation. It’s not. Your past self doesn’t need your loyalty—they’re not real anymore. They’re just an outline you’ve already colored in, a scaffolding you’ve since torn down. Let them go.
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The world changes, people change, and you change. This isn’t weakness; it’s survival. To refuse this natural evolution is to entrench yourself in stubborn denial, to cling to a caricature of yourself that no longer exists.
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Think about it: how many of your beliefs, habits, or preferences would you defend now with the same fervor as you did ten years ago? The band you were obsessed with in high school? The hobby you swore you’d die without?
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If you haven’t changed your mind about anything, ask yourself why. Is it really because you were always right?

Or is it because change feels like admitting defeat?

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Admitting you’ve outgrown yourself is a victory. Every time you let an old belief fall away, you create space for something better. You don’t owe consistency to anyone, least of all the person you used to be.

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JA Westenberg
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Stop holding back, let the evolution happen, and don’t let the shadow of who you were guilt-trip you into stagnation. Growth is messy, awkward, and often painful, but it’s better than being a monument to your own outdated convictions. Be inconsistent. Be contradictory.
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Change your mind again and again until you’ve outpaced all the past versions of yourself. Leave them in peace. They had their time. This is yours.
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Tom
Tom
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changing your mind is good and if you stop learning you’re dead, but truthfully those bands were great
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This also applies to scientific realizations and theories, not just personal growth.
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