Walk into any pharmacy and you’ll find shelves lined with products promising to boost your memory. Your feed probably offers the same—ads that suggest greatness lies in remembering everything.
But real brilliance doesn’t come from remembering more. It comes from knowing what to forget.
The ability to forget is just as vital as the ability to recall. In fact, for your growth—and your peace of mind—it might be even more important.
We don’t truly change just by entering new environments or picking up better habits. Real transformation begins when a past version of ourselves no longer dominates our thoughts. When we stop being defined by every failure, heartbreak, or moment of self-doubt.
That’s where forgetting comes in. Not erasing your past. Not pretending something never happened. But choosing to let go of what no longer serves you. Choosing to forget the pain that shaped a version of you that no longer feels true.
To forget, in this sense, is to make room—for healing, for possibility, for becoming someone new.