YOU. Are the Matrix.

The system. The machine. The invisible force pulling the strings. It’s everywhere, right? Controlling, influencing, shaping our thoughts, our actions, our beliefs. Ahhh ruuun!! Dude calm down.

Here’s the part that no one likes to admit—you are not in the matrix. You are the matrix.

Not in some sci-fi, simulation-theory, government-mind-control kind of way. In the simplest, most in-your-face way possible:

Every single day, you are programming yourself.

You are both the computer and the programmer. Every piece of content you consume, every belief you reinforce, every conversation you engage in—it’s all code. And you? You’re the one writing it.

Input Determines Output.

People talk about the system as if it’s an external entity dictating their every move. And sure, there are structures in place—governments, corporations, media, religion, culture—but none of them have the power they do without yourparticipation.

Nobody is making you scroll. Nobody is forcing you to watch, to listen, to believe, to react.

The system doesn’t think for you. It offers thoughts. You’re the one who decides to accept them.

If you wake up every day and flood your mind with negativity, fear, division, and outrage—guess what? That’s the world you’ll experience. Not because “they” want you to, but because you are programming yourself to see it that way.

Conversely, if you wake up and seek perspective, growth, accountability, and understanding—suddenly, the world shifts. Not because the system changed, but because your programming did.

You Are the Code & the Coder.

Here’s where it gets wild: you are running a script that you didn’t even write.

From birth, you were given beliefs, fears, limitations, and ideologies—installed like software into your subconscious. And unless you consciously rewrite that code, you’ll keep running the same program, thinking it’s just “the way things are.”

But here’s the thing—every system, every belief, every structure was once just an idea in someone’s head. Someone created it. Someone gave it power. And that means it can be rewritten.

So the real question is: what code are you running?

Are you running the “I’m stuck in the matrix” script? Or are you running the “I am the matrix” script?

The Ultimate Red Pill: Ownership.

The most rebellious, liberating, game-changing realization isn’t that the system is flawed—it’s that you don’t have to participate in the programming.

Want proof? Try this:

• Stop watching things that make you angry.

• Stop engaging in conversations that drain you.

• Stop reinforcing beliefs that keep you small.

• Stop blaming the external world for your internal experience.

And then watch what happens. Watch how the world—your world—begins to look different. Not because “they” lost control, but because you took it back.

You Before Me—Rewriting the Script.

This is where You Before Me fits in. It’s not about ignoring the system. It’s about realizing that the first system you have to master is yourself.

No one is coming to deprogram you. No one is going to rewrite your code for you. The mirror is in front of you, and it’s waiting.