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 21 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.

BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net · 2 hours ago

I’ll add to this, you cannot be second best to your ideal self, firstly because they are an ephemeral and fleeting concept as they are only an idea you have in a given moment, and secondly because by trying to be your ideal self, you will be other people’s perception of it.