Are You Real?

I don't mean "real" as in pinocchio's "I am a a real boy!".

Do you feel that the You you present to the world is really you, or a persona of you? Someone who you would rather project than the You you feel inside?

We all have our days of projecting an image we would like the world to believe we are. More confident. Happier. Funnier. Cooler. More worldly. I call those the "dress for the job you want not the job you have" type of days. It is when that persona-wearing becomes a part of our everyday MO that it gets exhausting.

I like to step back every now and then to make sure that my persona-wearing days are few. I like to think that I am pretty good at being who I am, rather than trying to convince you I am who I would like to be. Some days are better than others. Some days feel purely authentic. Other days I send a persona out into the universe and I keep the real me home in a jar.

How are you doing today? Are you You? Or the persona you send out on days when you are just too tired to be You?

Did I just bend your brain a little? Good. Mine too.

-jl