The Definition Confusion
Who or what defines you?
‘You’re defined by what you do for a living.’
No truer a statement. All the words are there, but those words can mean different things to different people.
In Monsterville *You* means self, our values as a human. *For a living* means being true to that self, to our pursuit of happiness through living by our values, doing what matters. *Defined* means being able to look at ourselves in our accountability mirror and say “I lived up to that today”.
The great defining moment for all of us (I imagine) comes right before we die. When we look back over our lives and judge ourselves; “Did I lead a good life? Did I live up to my values? Was I a good human being?”. Those moments we face ourselves in the mirror are steps we can take along the way to ensure we’re active in our pursuit of answering those questions…because why wait til the end?
Being who we want to be is a *daily* pursuit.
I’ve met many people for whom these words mean different things; *You* still means you, but in an ego sense rather than a who we truly are one. *For a living* means what we do for work, a common flipperoo between surviving and thriving. *Defined* means society based labels, mistakes we’ve made, what other people have told/taught us…
