I choose not to engage in a deep psychological debate about this daily prompt. Here is my forgotten thought from the other day.

Daily writing prompt

Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are?

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I think we start out as products of our environment; who we are at first is just how we were presented to the world, shaped by our culture, ethnicity, religion, and early education. But as we grow, our experiences take over.

Most of the time, we absorb those experiences by default, letting them mould how we react. Later on, though, it comes down to adjustments. We start making conscious choices about what to keep and what to change, ultimately deciding who we actually want to be.

Then again, life is full of surprises!😕🙃😲