I would like to say the same, but I am a different person at work than I am in my off time. I feel that I have to be the way to keep my professional life separate from personal.
I try to be authentic without being dramatic. In other words, I show a part of myself that’s genuine, but tend to conceal everything else. So, I guess I haven’t been 100% “authentic” for years. I am only truly authentic with God, because He already knows it all anyway.
Do we ever “really” know? I’m not sure. Of course, it is easier to be completely authentic when alone. Adding other people always complicates the picture.
Indeed, and much of “who we are” really is context specific, as in the issue of “work-life balance”, and certainly in intimate versus business relationships.
What a great question. I think that I USED to be completely authentic, but once I really think about it, I realize that I still am. But the thing is that that authenticity is rather fleeing. It’s there as long as it is accepted. Once it starts being stomped on, it starts withdrawing. To me, it’s truly sad. It’s not that I am not “myself”, but I tend to be more distant, etc.
I wouldn’t say walls, I don’t reveal my deepest darkest secrets to just any old person, but normally what you see if what you get, I am not one of these people who put all the happy moments up on social media, you get all of me, the good, the bad and the ugly
I would say that I am unique subject in that case, I have little to hide, I rarely lie, like I say I am not going to reveal my deepest darkest secrets to the first person that comes along, maybe I am too trusting, but I doubt that as well
I’m just me, every day. Take it or leave it. But it doesn’t change.
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You are a cool dude ; )
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Hahaha! I used to be cool…now I’m just dad. But I’m still just me. 😃😃
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I would like to say the same, but I am a different person at work than I am in my off time. I feel that I have to be the way to keep my professional life separate from personal.
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Oh, I keep it separate too, and maybe keep my language a bit cleaner, but otherwise, what you see is what you get.
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Unfortunately, what you see is what you get
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Unfortunately?? Tutututut!
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Why do you say “unfortunately”? Is the authentic you a bad thing? lol
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I try to be authentic without being dramatic. In other words, I show a part of myself that’s genuine, but tend to conceal everything else. So, I guess I haven’t been 100% “authentic” for years. I am only truly authentic with God, because He already knows it all anyway.
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I think it is impossible to be 100% authentic. Being authentic is to be vulnerable and we hide a lot from people.
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Do we ever “really” know? I’m not sure. Of course, it is easier to be completely authentic when alone. Adding other people always complicates the picture.
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I don’t think we can ever know. We have a lot of walls up around most people.
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Indeed, and much of “who we are” really is context specific, as in the issue of “work-life balance”, and certainly in intimate versus business relationships.
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What a great question. I think that I USED to be completely authentic, but once I really think about it, I realize that I still am. But the thing is that that authenticity is rather fleeing. It’s there as long as it is accepted. Once it starts being stomped on, it starts withdrawing. To me, it’s truly sad. It’s not that I am not “myself”, but I tend to be more distant, etc.
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I think we all put up walls around most everyone so being completely authentic is nearly impossible.
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When I first open my eyes in the morning.
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Usually we are authentic around ourselves. Around other people we hide things.
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I like to think I always am
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Do you put up walls around people? If so, do you think this inhibits authenticity?
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I wouldn’t say walls, I don’t reveal my deepest darkest secrets to just any old person, but normally what you see if what you get, I am not one of these people who put all the happy moments up on social media, you get all of me, the good, the bad and the ugly
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I believe when we all analyze, we are rarely authentic because it requires trusting the people we are around. We hide a lot from people.
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I would say that I am unique subject in that case, I have little to hide, I rarely lie, like I say I am not going to reveal my deepest darkest secrets to the first person that comes along, maybe I am too trusting, but I doubt that as well
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🙂
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Totally honest here…
I only feel 100% myself when I am with my husband. I think I’m guarded with everyone else. That may come from having OCD.
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I think it comes from just being human. I’m the same way.
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