Is your avatar the narrator from Fight Club? It would seem apropos.I feel like I do. Maybe it's an artist thing as much as a SP thing, though. Or maybe they're the same root. I don't know.
The last girl I dated, back in the paleolithic era, her parting-shot was "At least I know who I am."
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Not since I started realizing that those who enforce the social norms status quo are never satisfied and prefer tact to truth.
You don't think there is a way to be honest and maintain tact at the same time?
everytime someone post a thread about knowing who we are and I try to respond, I realize I have no idea what the expression "knowing who I am" means. It just seems a total abstraction to me. I'm not sure why I can't get it but it starting to bug me. If someone can try and explain to me like I'm a 5 year old, I'd be thankful.
Yeah, this is pretty abstract. What I was getting at was knowing your core beliefs and values...
Religion, politics, finances, security, what you are willing to negotiate, what you are willing to give up.
But if your values and beliefs change as you grow older, does it mean you don't know who you are, or that you have a weak identity?
And isn't beliefs and values globally the same for a given culture, which would mean that "who I am" can pretty much be resumed to who my people is?
Or is it not what you mean?
I hope I'm not leading your thread astray with my confusion
But if your values and beliefs change as you grow older, does it mean you don't know who you are, or that you have a weak identity?
And isn't beliefs and values globally the same for a given culture, which would mean that "who I am" can pretty much be resumed to who my people is?
Or is it not what you mean?
I hope I'm not leading your thread astray with my confusion