there’s a large and often overlooked gap between *self-awareness* and *self-actualization* the former is necessary but not sufficient to achieve the latter, and for this reason they’re often conflated
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i began to think of myself as a self-aware person, who could help others become self-aware as well when i expressed vulnerability it seemed like progress—although it made me acutely aware of my flaws and insecurities, it felt good to admit these things about myselfhttps://twitter.com/msutherl/status/1238900937940324352 …
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basically i would tell people, in increasingly open and articulate ways: “this is how i’m fucked up, and i’m working on it” but really i wasn’t working on it—it just felt good to perform a vulnerable character, take on a self-aware identityhttps://twitter.com/choosy_mom/status/1218978348069638146 …
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it’s become clear to me that i’ve often used self-awareness as an excuse, a convenient delusion while it can certainly be productive to unearth trauma and contemplate your aspirational self, that work is meaningless if you’re afraid to embody the values that spring from ithttps://twitter.com/danlistensto/status/1216778132361039873 …
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