DAY 5 — Reset Your Inner Narrator

Most of the bags you’ve been carrying didn’t come with handles. They came with a story.

“I’m the only one who can handle this.”
“If I don’t help, I’m a bad person.”
“They need me more than I need boundaries.”

These aren’t facts. They’re scripts you’ve been reading from for years, maybe decades. Passed down from generation to generation like a silver set that always needs polishing. And if you don’t rewrite them, you’ll just keep picking up bags even after you swore you had dropped them.

Here’s the mantra I use: “Who’s got the mic?”

Because every thought in your head is trying to narrate your life. Some are yours. Some are echoes from old programming—family, partners, bosses, fear. If you don’t pause and ask who’s holding the microphone, you’ll end up believing the loudest voice.

Even when it’s lying.

So reset the script:

• Old voice: “I’m only valuable when I’m useful.”
• New voice: “I’m valuable because I exist, not because I fix.”
• Old voice: “Their chaos is my responsibility.”
• New voice: “Their chaos is their homework, not mine.”

Boundaries aren’t just actions. They’re belief edits. And it starts with checking who you’ve let narrate your story.

Every edit begins with a question: Who’s got the mic?

So next time your brain spins up an old loop, pause and ask: Who’s Got the Mic?

If it isn’t you — take it back.