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Life: Authenticity vs Meaning

November 27, 2021 By Tomas Byrne Leave a Comment

How to reinvent? When Authenticity and Meaning Conflict How can we authentically engage in new projects that don’t fit with the meaning we have attached to an identity we have created for ourselves? Most of us have run up against this at some point: You want to do or be something new, meaningfully, and give it your all. But a little voice inside says, “That’s not you. You’re always trying new things. Stick to who you are, what you are good at.” You reply, “But I’m not satisfied with who I am, what I am good at. I want more out of life. Not a new hobby. I want to reinvent.” I long to be someone who is not the person I have come to think of as me. What should we do when we dream about a new way of being but are hesitant because we’ve come to identify with a self that has a history and boundaries we’ve created along the way? How can we best think about authenticity … [Read more...]

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