you are your environment

I have been having many conversations about how an environment cultivates the person. The person you are. What you stand for. What you believe in. What you put your efforts into.

We would like to believe that so much of who we are, what we do, and how we think, is all under our control. That no one has influence in it but boyyy are we so wrong. So much of who we are, what we do, and how we think directly reflects our environment and what is around us. We can’t help but be influenced by our environments. I say environments because as we go through our daily activities, we become exposed to so many different environments. The one that holds the most influence is the one that we are exposed to the most.

Of course, yes we are influenced by our environments but you can come to reach a certain level of awareness where you can choose what environments you allow to influence you. When you are so aware to a point you know who you are and what you want to be, you can choose to put yourself in the environments that are going to serve who you want to be and who you are.

If you don’t like who you are or your habits, change your environment. Look at your habits and look at the environment you are most exposed to. Chances are, your habits reflect the habits of those in this environment.

So ask yourself if you love the habits of those in the environment you spend most of your time in. If not, figure out a way to switch it up.

So for the rest of the year, I decided to pause my podcast for this season. Episode will come on Thursday explaining why. The major reason being lack of time and because I want to write more and really put the effort into my Tuesday’s Sauce pieces. So here you enjoy.

p.s. do check out my podcast, check out the dope past episodes.

Until next week,

sunufatou