YSK that only by being yourself will you find people who like the real you. No one can beat you at being you, but you’ll only ever be second best at pretending to be someone else.

Perspectivist@feddit.uk · edit-2 20 hours ago

YSK that only by being yourself will you find people who like the real you. No one can beat you at being you, but you’ll only ever be second best at pretending to be someone else.

teft@piefed.social · edit-2 19 hours ago

Yes and no.

You should try and be your authentic self but if you don’t like something about your personality you can pretend to be a version of yourself without that trait and eventually you’ll just be that new person. Fake it 'til you make it. It’s how I became a decent public speaker. I just pretended to be other good speakers I knew and eventually it was second nature to speak normally without the nervousness in front of a crowd.