The answer to question 4 may leave us without an identity. This is very exciting. You’re left with nothing and as nothing other than the reality of the moment: woman sitting in a chair, writing. This can be a little scary, since it leaves no illusion of a past or future. You might ask, “How do I live now? What do I do? Nothing is meaningful.” And I would say, “ ’With no past or future, you won’t know how to live’—can you really know that that’s true? ‘You don’t know what to do, and nothing is meaningful’—can you really know that that’s true?” Write down your fears and walk yourself through
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