Realising that some of my favorite characters are reflected versions of myself in a different world

I've been going through many books that i read before, it had me thinking about the qualities of my favorite characters. Many of them when i really think about it, have properties that either reflect my own or are like more successful or healthier versions of mine.

One particular character that I really liked, now when i think about it, have the qualities that are really what I'd want to have, or improve to be like... even when they were sort of a villain in the story.

Thinking of many of those characters once in a while makes me kinda able to pick myself up when I'm down.