We are often presented with the idea of self-awareness.
We are often told that we have to be self-aware to do our jobs well, to perform our roles in society, and to be able to make informed decisions. I believe that in a healthy sense it is true that we have to be self-aware in order to be able to evaluate our own actions. But we also need to know when we are being self-aware. When we are self-aware we are able to take a self-evaluation.
While these self-evaluations help us to know ourselves better, they can also be used as a distraction. Self-evaluations can be dangerous because they can lead us to think we should be doing things differently. I am often so distracted by my own self-evaluations that I forget that we are all individuals. I am not on Deathloop to be the perfect superhero. I am on Deathloop so I can be more effective.
We all have different areas of self-awareness and self-talk that we prefer to keep to ourselves, but sometimes you’d just like to share them with your nearest and dearest. This is even more important in our world where we are constantly bombarded with messages from the interwebs and social media.
One of the most common reasons people give for not liking a particular post on social media is because they are afraid to post it. I was recently talking with a friend about this when he said “I don’t like the way they are talking about me on social media because I don’t want to be the subject of their complaints.” My reply was “that’s because you don’t know what you’re talking about.
This is one of the reasons why I love the social media community. While I am an avid consumer of these messages, I am also the one who has the ability to change the subject to a good topic. I can tell the ones who are complaining because of the way the person is saying something about themselves. If I post something bad about myself, I can change the subject to something in the positive.
I have also found the Internet to be a place of constant self evaluation. While I am happy that people are getting to know me, I am also happy when I see that others are finding me a bit more interesting and interesting to watch. I feel like I should be a little bit more interesting in person, but I am not.
You know we could be talking about you, right? The people you know, like your co-workers, your friends. I know that you don’t like that I’m a little different, but I don’t know if I like it that much.
I don’t think people should be so self-critical, but I think it’s one of the things that makes this world so fascinating. We constantly keep learning about ourselves, and being honest about it is important. Being able to say what you think about yourself is the only way to truly grow.