I have decided to do a question each month. Let me know what your thoughts are on the question by commenting to the entry. I am excited to hear what everyone's responses are.
"Are you being the real you, or being the you everyone wants you to be?"
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This is a great question! I have to say that I am always me! Noone influences on how I act due to the fact that I am a very open and honest person who chooses to say what I think versus thinking how others are going to react first! :-D If I was the person others wanted me to be then life would be very uninteresting!
Good question. The more I live, the more I realize that I can't please everyone, it's not even worth trying. To please everyone means I would have to change who I am and what is important to me. I feel like I am being the real me. What you see is what you get. Yes, friends influence me and my decisions, but in the end I make sure that it is my own decision that I am making, not the decision they want me to make. I know I still sometimes cave in for people, but I am working at it. I always try to be the real me, not the person people think I am or think I should be.
As a woman approaching my 50's, I can honestly say I have asked myself this question many times throughout the years. As women, we wear a lot of hats in life and it is easy to lose our sense of self in the process. For me, some catalyst always seems to bring me back, usually to a deeper level of self awareness. Interestingly, the woman I would call "the real me" has changed many times over the years, as have the people in my life who may have had influence over my choices. Personally, I don't think I would have want it any other way.
3 comments:
This is a great question! I have to say that I am always me! Noone influences on how I act due to the fact that I am a very open and honest person who chooses to say what I think versus thinking how others are going to react first! :-D If I was the person others wanted me to be then life would be very uninteresting!
Good question. The more I live, the more I realize that I can't please everyone, it's not even worth trying. To please everyone means I would have to change who I am and what is important to me. I feel like I am being the real me. What you see is what you get. Yes, friends influence me and my decisions, but in the end I make sure that it is my own decision that I am making, not the decision they want me to make. I know I still sometimes cave in for people, but I am working at it. I always try to be the real me, not the person people think I am or think I should be.
As a woman approaching my 50's, I can honestly say I have asked myself this question many times throughout the years. As women, we wear a lot of hats in life and it is easy to lose our sense of self in the process. For me, some catalyst always seems to bring me back, usually to a deeper level of self awareness. Interestingly, the woman I would call "the real me" has changed many times over the years, as have the people in my life who may have had influence over my choices. Personally, I don't think I would have want it any other way.
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