I Finally Became A Person
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
Do you remember when you first became a person ? Do you remember the moment when you discovered your sense of self ? Do you remember when you started to exist ?
I will not lie to you. You have not always existed. You have not always been a person. You have not always had a sense of self. You have not always had a personal identity.
WHAT THE HECK IS HE ON ABOUT ? I HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED ! HAVE YOU REALLY?
In primary school, I was fairly popular, charismatic, and funny. I was a class clown among teachers and students alike. It is just my personality. These traits were the essence of my personality, even till this day. In Year six, I went through a phase of living my personality through the lens of others. I lived my ‘Perceived’ personality, instead of my ‘Created’ personality. By ‘Perceived’, meaning how other people ‘Create’ our personality in their mind’s. Our personalities are ‘Perceived’ by our looks, style, walk, etc. The way you perceive someone's personality, doesn't mean that that is his actual personality. I began living my life through a ‘Perceived’ personality, a fake version of myself. I hated it, but it is just what I was ‘Perceived’ as. A few months into year six, I had had…
