Cool, that’s exactly what I have meant by self-awareness as a requirement for really being something. I know that I often think that ‘oh, I’d really wish that’, and five minutes later realize that it’s not even me, it’s some imprint from media, some stories or whatever.

For example, ‘wanted’ to be a mathematician, so got into university and only after two years realized that I have no idea why I thought I wanted that.

I guess assking 5 whys about what I really wanted would suffice to prevent this from happening if I had only knew it before… And maybe every article answering questions like “how to become…” should start with ‘ask yourself why, 5 levels deep’.