Finding My Voice

Some things are easier said than done, but some things are even more difficult to say. Like this. As difficult as the journey itself.

Have you ever felt like an imposter? As though you're not really you.

When you look at your life and were you are presently, you realise that a big part of who you are is influenced by everyone around you (the company you keep). This has caused me to question my identity a lot, asking questions like "is this really me?" and "why do i sound like this specific person right now?". I have been uncertain as to whether or not I am my true self or have i simply adopted the characteristice of peope, which to some extent is true and inevitable, but who am I really?

Maybe identity crisis is a challenge many of us go through as we grow, but I believe it's important in a way. It's important to strip away the layers we have built over the years with the residue of other people's character and then see what is left, whether it is pleasant or not and whether we can still recognise ourselves or not. If the answer to both is not, then a lot of instropection and work is needed... as humans, sure we are made to be interdependent, but we cannot be fully dependent on other people in order to be ourselves.

It is not to discard the value other people add in our lives, but it is acknowledge and appreciate their existence and realise our value outside of them as well. Who we are and what we stand for as individuals.

So have i found my voice yet? No, not yet. I'm still searching.

I feel heavily that there is soo much more I need to be doing and I still need to become, I'm an introvert so speaking has never been my strongest point. However, I still have a voice and sometimes even I fail to recognise it, I want to change that but the how is daunting and confusing. The search continues...

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With love and anticipation.