#127: Self.

The person I am today is not the person I really am. That is to say - the person I am today, is somewhere in between the person I would otherwise be, and the person I aspire to be.

Some people are naturally, effortlessly cool, charismatic, great conversationalists, have interesting hobbies, all that great stuff.

I am none of those things, at least not without a degree of effort. Neither are most people.

Left to our own devices, the majority would stay at home, scratch our privates, sniff it, drink straight out of the milk carton, all that great stuff. The majority would also be wishing that we could be something more.

And thats the point: Why just wish, when you could actually take the steps and start doing. Remove the initial "No Way!" reaction from the equation and really - Really - anybody could do anything after all. You just gotta get pass that mental block. Heh.

The advice "Just Be Yourself" is actually pretty crappy when you think about it - sure there are people out there who make things look damn easy - but they're not the ones who tend to receive motivational tips. "Be Yourself" is not helpful when most people are lazy, whiny, twisted slobs (No use hiding it, we all know).

Perhaps a better one to take heed would be more along the lines of;

"Stop Whining Dammit And Be Who You Want To Be."

It's not gonna be an overnight transformation, we are talking about Real Life here.

But you start living the life you wanna live for long enough, eventually it'll turn into the life you're actually living.