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Know Thyself...

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Aztech

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I'm realizing that I barely really know myself. How do I go about learning more about me? I remember back when I graduated from High School, some people were taking a year off to find themselves. At the time, I just thought it was funny, but now it seems smart and I still need to find myself. Looking back, I realize I'm mostly a product of what my parents and people around me thought I should be. Everything I've done has been for someone else. I wonder what I could become if I were able to shed all the external forces.

Maybe I'll light some incense and meditate in a dark room. I would smoke too, but I can't jeopardize my job.

Who R U?
 
Beats me. I'm still trying to figure it out.

I try to remember that one day, I am going to die. Then, with that perspective, try to make choices accordingly. However, even though my inhibitions and instincts seem trivial in the face of death, I can't seem to let them go. This is hard stuff.
 
"Finding thyself" is a lifetime thing. We are constantly changing and evolving. In my experience, pray is a good way to verbalize how you really feel about certain things. Also, and this might be because I'm a writer, but freelance writing works. Don't have anything planned, just write what you're thinking at that moment. It helps your brain work through whatever it is.

-Brian
 
I'm getting far away from what I was and falling ever behind what I should be.
 
I?m a very ignorant person when it is about know myself, I can?t even stand to be 5 minutes alone with me, I always need something that can distract me if not I feel like trash, so I can not know me.
 
It took some really difficult times in my life to find out who i truly was/is.
I thought i was someone that i was not because i was hiding feelings and traits because i was not strong enough to accept them.
I now know that i am passionate about most things, too trusting, kinda quirky, i take on more than i should, cannot say no, am somewhat of an over-reacting person. I daydream a lot and find my decessions and choices come from my heart and not my mind most often.

The great thing is... you can always find new things about yourself, no matter the situation or time.
 
I know myself. I went through a lot of this when I decided to become an Atheist at 13, from a primarily Christian family. I was listening to what wanted me to be. Do this and do that. I finally told my parents that I need to do my own thing and do run my life how I want it. Of course I was 13 then, and they thought I was just trying to rebel.

Look at me now. I could not be happier. I love my life. I'm different, but that is what I see as important. I'm outgoing, love people, love computers, and like just being myself. Some people get a problem with that, but most don't 😛. I drink about once a month, I have never done any type of drug, and these are some of the ideals I look at myself to hold strong to.

This type of living life has found me a very wide variety of friends, and I love that.

You just gotta find your thing, stick to it, and be yourself. Don't let anyone get in the way of that.
 
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