Autonomy
au·ton·o·my
What does Autonomy mean?
Living by values you've examined and chosen, rather than ones you simply absorbed. Autonomy is authorship of your own life.
Another way of seeing Autonomy
Most of the rules we live by were installed before we could question them — by family, school, culture, the feed. That isn't a failing; it's how humans learn. Autonomy begins the day you take those rules out, hold them up to the light and decide which ones to keep. You don't have to throw them all away. You just have to make them yours.
Autonomy in relationships
Respecting someone's autonomy means trusting them with their own life, including the choices you'd never make. It's one of the most loving things you can do, and one of the hardest.
Autonomy in everyday life
Pick one ‘should’ that runs your day and ask where it came from. If you'd choose it again today, keep it proudly. If not, you've found something to rewrite.
Carry this with you
Inherit less. Choose more.
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