Yes, I never thought of it quite like that but I agree.
There is a lot I don't like about the old me so I am always questioning my old beliefs and actions. It is often refreshing to view them with a different perspective.

I am pretty sure I am winning though.

Not so much the old me exactly, as the artificial conditions I've historically attached to my own happiness. In other words I can't be happy unless most things go the way I think they should or expect them to. Rather than figuring out how life actually works and learning to flex with it.

I've gotten a lot better at it though.

I have completely reinvented myself several times. Old identities tend to fall apart after awhile. One has to be willing to become what life is making you into, as well. To recognize what identities / identifications and beliefs aren't serving you well.

not true for me at all. the biggest battle in my life right now is between me and the forces that work against my survival, some of which forces don't even know or care that i individually exist.

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I agree. I'm always starting over. I used to hate it but the older I get now, the more i"m enjoying it.