A deeper layer of the quote is about identity: old blueprints often contain stories we absorbed early—about our limits, our worth, or what is “realistic.” Burning the blueprint becomes a metaphor for revoking those stories’ authority. It resembles the philosophical move of examining inherited beliefs rather than living them by default, a theme that echoes Stoic practice in Epictetus’ Discourses (c. 108 AD), where freedom is tied to choosing one’s judgments.
From that perspective, growth is also permission-giving. It grants you the right to outgrow labels and to stop treating past decisions as binding contracts. [...]
