Who really is my authentic self?
I’ve been thinking lately a lot about the very question that is the title of this post. Am I really at my core the girl who feels lost and confused about almost every single aspect of her life? Or am I that positive thinking funny girl who really doesn’t care if she fits the mold of what so many people consider normal? Part of me thinks that I can exist being both, but that just doesn’t sit right with me. How can the same person essentially be someone who feels and exhibits completely polar opposite traits and actually go throughout life with any sort of meaning and sense of direction? Another part of me tries to make sense of it and says that yes, the two can coexist along a sort of spectrum of personality traits that kind of wax and wane throughout life. But that explanation only frustrates me and saddens me because I am so tired of having to navigate the world not knowing which one will present itself when I wake up every day. It’s exhausting for me and I feel like that is the source as to why I can never really keep the close relationships I crave from others. I feel once others get to know me and we move beyond the superficial level of knowing someone, things inevitable start to go downhill and decline. I try to keep myself level and at some sort of a baseline, but then I don’t feel anything at all. I just turned 45 and feel like I should have a better grasp and understanding of myself at this point, but then again I also may never accomplish that.






