I’ve been working on something that’s been sitting with me for a while now.
It’s about honesty. Honesty, not with other people, but with yourself.
The video I’m posting soon dives into this idea of authenticity… and the tension between being who you really are and being who people expect you to be. Because if you think about it, most of us adjust ourselves in small ways every day. Not always in a bad way, but enough that it adds up over time. You know?
And the question that kept coming up for me was this:
Does being fully yourself actually cost you something?
Even in the most subtle of ways? For instance feeling slightly out of place, or realizing some connections only worked because you were a version of yourself that was easier to accept...
At the same time, there’s also a different kind of disconnect that comes from not being fully real.
So before the video goes up, I’m curious where you stand on this...
Do you think being completely authentic makes life harder… or more meaningful?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and I’m curious if anyone else feels the same…
I genuinely think most people didn’t consciously choose the life they’re living. Not fully, at least. It’s more like we slowly grew into it; following what made sense, what felt safe, what was expected. And before we knew it, it just… became our life.
And I don’t even mean that in a negative way. Some of it is necessary. But I do think a lot of us stay in places, jobs, relationships, and routines, not because they’re right, but because they’re familiar. And familiarity is convincing. It makes things feel like a choice, even when it wasn’t really questioned.
What’s been bothering me is this: at what point does it become our responsibility to stop and actually decide? Like really decide.
Because it’s easy to say “this is just how things are”… but is it?
I don’t know. I feel like most people avoid that question entirely.
Do you think you chose your life, or just continued it?
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I’ve been working on something that’s been sitting with me for a while now.
It’s about honesty. Honesty, not with other people, but with yourself.
The video I’m posting soon dives into this idea of authenticity… and the tension between being who you really are and being who people expect you to be. Because if you think about it, most of us adjust ourselves in small ways every day. Not always in a bad way, but enough that it adds up over time. You know?
And the question that kept coming up for me was this:
Does being fully yourself actually cost you something?
Even in the most subtle of ways? For instance feeling slightly out of place, or realizing some connections only worked because you were a version of yourself that was easier to accept...
At the same time, there’s also a different kind of disconnect that comes from not being fully real.
So before the video goes up, I’m curious where you stand on this...
Do you think being completely authentic makes life harder… or more meaningful?
I’d really like to hear your perspective on it.
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Our next video set to be posted on 4/8/26 is about Living A Life You Didn’t choose for yourself.
https://youtu.be/ipObRY_bllY
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and I’m curious if anyone else feels the same…
I genuinely think most people didn’t consciously choose the life they’re living. Not fully, at least. It’s more like we slowly grew into it; following what made sense, what felt safe, what was expected. And before we knew it, it just… became our life.
And I don’t even mean that in a negative way. Some of it is necessary. But I do think a lot of us stay in places, jobs, relationships, and routines, not because they’re right, but because they’re familiar. And familiarity is convincing. It makes things feel like a choice, even when it wasn’t really questioned.
What’s been bothering me is this: at what point does it become our responsibility to stop and actually decide? Like really decide.
Because it’s easy to say “this is just how things are”… but is it?
I don’t know. I feel like most people avoid that question entirely.
Do you think you chose your life, or just continued it?
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