I’m going to tell you something that, for some reason, the world tries to hide from you. Your own inner voice tries to hide it from you, too.
You don’t have to keep doing anything just because you already have.
Your past isn’t a cage. It isn’t handcuffs. It’s a toolbox full of tools.
Additional tools should expand your options, but we somehow make them into restrictions.
Imagine a young person walking along, and they find a hammer. “Great! Now I can hammer things, and complete any task that may need a hammer.”
After a little more time, they find a saw. Should be glad, right? But no: “Oh no,” they think. “Now I can only do tasks that require a hammer AND a saw.”
You see the flaw in the logic here. But they don’t, and it gets worse every time. They get a wrench, and some pliers, and a screwdriver, and now they can’t do anything because nothing requires all of those tools.
You’re allowed to not use some of it. You don’t have to use any of it. You’re not obligated to do a thing just because you’ve done it before and know how.
The Opportunity Machine 