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My “Act As If” Media Shelf

Media I added to my life to “act as if” I was my dream self.

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Raquel
Jun 17, 2026
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I operate on the belief that if you can play pretend and act as if you’re somebody you want to be, eventually you’ll become them. One day, I decided to make a switch. I envisioned my dream self and wanted to know the kinds of things she knew. So I started reading books from the point of view of my higher self. I figured if I started seeing the world through her eyes and thinking how she thought, I would become her. Here’s a running list of the content i consumed:

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