Hello, beautiful souls. How are you? I hope you're well. Welcome to the sweet spot. It is Trust Yourself Thursday. I'm Dr. Derek Sweet, I'm your host, a psychiatrist, board certified, yes. A peak performance strategist, yes. A sleep specialist? Absolutely yes. But more importantly, I am someone walking beside you as we uncover who we're becoming. You see, my dear friend, we are in a seven-day journey here. A seven-day journey around the alignments. The seven alignments. We yesterday aligned with purpose. The why behind your steps. Remembering that you have a why. And when you know your why, you become unstoppable. Today we shift. We shift from direction to identity. Because alignment isn't just about where you're going, it's about who you're becoming as you go. And that's why today's episode, episode four, is align with your becoming. Grow into the you your purpose requires. Your purpose isn't just about direction, isn't about you just getting it done. It's about who you are and who you're becoming in that process. So why does becoming matter? Because purpose is the destination. Becoming is the transformation. And author Jim Murphy, I'm really loving this guy's book, tremendous writer, tremendous thinker, man of God as well. So author Jim Murphy puts it beautifully. He says the biggest obstacle is self-centeredness. Let that land. I had to let that land because I'm like, what is he talking about? I'm like, Brother Jim, I'm not self-centered. But then when I sat down and thought about it, I'm like, hmm, could that really be a blind spot? The biggest obstacle is self-centeredness, not selfishness, more like self-protection, the fear of failing, the fear of being seen. You see, this idea of becoming, this concept of becoming, requires shedding the old identity that no longer fits. But sometimes that old identity is so comfortable, it's hard to let go as we grow, right? Author David Hawkins also teaches that letting go is what allows the transformation. You cannot step into your future while you're gripping and holding on to your past. Remember Lot's wife in The Ancient Wisdom? She was like, I guess, attached to the past, and she kept looking back, she kept walking forward, but looking back, and it didn't work out for her. You know, it didn't do, didn't go well. Doesn't go well for you when you do that kind of thing. So yeah, you can't step into your future while gripping your past. Yeah. And you know what? From a scientific perspective, let me also share this. Your brain, it changes based on what you repeatedly do. We talked about that neuroplasticity, right? The brain can shift, it can change. When you behave differently, you can wire a new pattern in your brain. You wire new patterns through new behaviors. You become what you practice, not what you imagine, you become what you practice. You can imagine it all you want, and listen, that's great. But if you practice the wrong thing or you do something different, you become that. So becoming this concept of becoming, aligning with who you're becoming, it's not magic, it's repetition. It's not magic, it's direction. It's not magic, it's alignment. We've got to align. You're not stuck when you run through these things, you're learning, and that's okay. That's okay. Sometimes you need help from above. The ancient wisdom says in the message Bible, uh, Romans 12, verse 2, let God, let God change you from the inside out. Hmm. For my King James classical believers, same verse, be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Huh. Becoming is a divine partnership. You partner with the most high. You partner with God, you renew yourself, you allow yourself to be changed, to be transformed. You work with the most high. You work with God. You seek first the kingdom stuff. Everything else gets added. So today the question is: who am I becoming through the choices I'm making daily? Because trust me, my friend, whatever choices you're making is shaping who you're becoming. So who am I becoming through the choices I'm making daily? Not the big choices, the ones you're making quietly. Especially today. Today is a day to really think about who you're becoming because future you next year, closer than you think, future you is counting on you to make some good choices, and there's still plenty of time. Even if you made a whole lot of bad choices when you look back, even if the choices weren't the best, there is something about you being in awareness right now in this conversation with me that allows you to see that there's a great possibility for you to become whatever it is that you want. So my micro challenge for you today is choose one small behavior today. Just today, especially on this day in the year. Choose one small behavior today that matches the future you're growing into. Because the future is made up of all the steps you're taking today, all the decisions you're making today. Let me make it as blunt as possible. You take a dollar today and you put it in the bank, 10 days from now, and you keep putting a dollar, you're gonna have ten dollars. You're gonna be different. On that day, you'll have ten dollars. Future you will have ten dollars. You get it? You take a dollar out, and future you is gonna have ten dollars less. So that's what I'm saying. Choose one small behaviors day that matches the future you're growing into, and there's a lot of hope. You can take a whole lot of small steps and make the next few days, the next year, whatever it is that's coming up for you, the next moment. Make it one that's aligned, make it one that is has you in the right direction, with the right energy, with the right truth, because you're becoming the right person. Becoming happens one aligned choice at a time. I'm Dr. Derek Sweet. This is the sweet spot. Oh my goodness, I trust you, and you are making the right choice. This is Trust Yourself Thursday on the sweet spot. Tomorrow we're gonna be doing the finished strong Friday thing. Tomorrow we're gonna build a structure around what you're becoming. Oh yes, tomorrow we're going to align with your discipline, the habits that that make your transformation sustainable. So if you liked what you heard today, please subscribe. I know you already do, but if you haven't hit the subscribe button, become the kind of person that hits the subscribe button. And if you know someone who's in the process of becoming and could use a message on the power that they have to influence future self by making great choices now, this is a message they need to hear today. Love and blessings. I'll see you tomorrow, beautiful souls.