No... really, I want to ask all y'all a question and that just popped into my head when I started to type a blog post title.
So anyway... back on topic:
Do you feel comfortable in your own skin?
I'm reading this self help book (The title is right over there in the right column under the heading of "books I'm reading / have read this year") Did y'all notice that was there? It's something new I want to do to keep track of what I'm reading this year.
Anyhoo.... back to my question. I don't want the rhetorical answer or one that you think you should say; I want to know what you really think. I don't want the New Year's resolution answer of "I'm getting into shape..."
Are you happy being you?
I'm gathering my thoughts about this for a future blog post and I just wanted to get some readers thoughts.
10 comments:
Despite everything I am happy being me.
99% content with me being me. the 1% difference just means I am not perfect, nor will I ever be.
and no, I don't give a fat rat's ass what anyone else thinks of me; their problem, not mine.
Unfortunately, it depends on the mood I'm in. When the insecurities kick in I don't feel happy being me. That doesn't happen too frequently but it does happen.
But yes, generally I feel good in my own skin. I'm happy with how I look, behave or the decisions I've made in the past. The are things in my life to be grateful about and I try not to forget them. I'm also familiar with some bad habits or characteristics I have. No one is perfect.
I wish I could say yes... but I have never been happy being me. I've always wanted to be "like" someone else. There are so many thinks I have disliked about myself over the years that I can easily pick a few things. I know a certain pirate who has a great outgoing and funloving personality I wish I had. I know of several gay bloggers that live out and proud. I know there are guys that work hard to look great. People that find the time to volunteer. People that know how to love. and on and on.
Am I happy being me? Since "me" is my only frame of reference, I'm not sure how is this question is different from "Am I happy?" Can someone be happy without being happy being himself? Wait... What's the question?
As for starting a question with "Question:", I do that because I'm from Upper Michigan and tend to end every utterance with an upward "eh?" This confuses normal english-speaking people about when I'm actually expecting a response from them.
I think the spanish have it right. ¿Why should you have to get all the way to the end of a sentence before knowing it's a question?
I'm not comfortable in my own skin. Nor have I ever been.
But I am happy being me. It's the only thing I know how to be.
Weird how those two don't really sync up.
I think it's like anything: most of the time I'm comfortable, sometimes I'm not. Most of the time I'm happy being me, sometimes not.
Hell no I don't feel comfortable in my own skin. Like Erik, I never have, and likely never will.
Rarely, and I mean extremely rarely, like on the order of only a few days in my entire life, have I been happy being me. Things are getting better though. My husband and I recently came to an agreement that should increase my happiness significantly.
Wow, I was in a mood when I left that comment. My happiness is not that bad.
Similar to Erik and Cubby, I'm not comfortable "in my skin" which I take to mean "with my body." I was when I was 18. I'm old and fat now. The old doesn't bother me so much, but the fat and saggy does because it's something I have allowed to happen. It didn't have to. And now it's really hard (nay impossible?) to undo. I can lose weight, and am, but that makes me even saggier.
I am, however, for the most part satisfied with being me. I don't apologize for much. What you see is what you get. I have many fine qualities. I can be a real bitch, too, but mostly I don't give a shit.
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