I feel like much of my therapy in this last decade-old round has been with autonomy as the background. Why do I think I "have" to do certain things, including other people before myself? Turns out I don't. Why do I "automatically" make certain choices rather than considering how to approach something with intention and strategy, rather than reactivity? Turns out I can be intentional, at least some of the time.

There's some kind of cliche about how you have more power than you know. This is just another way to say that empowering yourself means seizing your autonomy and carrying it around with you.