[poll] how accurate was your view of who you were?

[silverwhisper]

this is a not quite so simple question.

looking back now: when you were in college or of that approximate age, how accurate was your view of the person that you were? interpret this as literally or broadly as you like.

ed

p.s.: as always, my answers later, yadda yadda yadda...

 

[gloriann]

I think in college, I was broadly accurate about who I am, I think most of the basics remained (loyal friend, loving daughter and sister, smart, caring, compassionate, etc.) It was going to be the expanse and details that was going to change and morph. However, that kid had NO IDEA what was in store for her and would have run screaming if she'd been told of all the fun adventures she was going to have, and in what arenas she was going to have them, and how they'd affect her as a person.

 

[sweet_escape]

My view of myself was pretty accurate. Probably a bit more harsh than I needed to be. I've learned to not take myself so seriously.

 

[done_got_old]

In college was quite accurate about who I was. When a lot of my friends took a year or two break from college to find themselves, I knew where I was. There was no search for the inner me. We had met and become fast friends. I knew what I wanted to do with my life and how to prepare myself.

I was a complex person at that time with a variety of interests. Those interests have remained with me for more than 40 years. Others have been added, but nothing has replaced the ones I had. I recognized then that I was going to be a life-long learner. I loved to learn. That too has remained constant.

 

[silverwhisper]

for my part: i had no idea who i was and what kind of person i was. i entered college really knowing only two things about myself: i was somewhat intelligent and that i can be a good friend. learning that i overestimated both those traits was a difficult but important stepping stone to understanding the kind of person i really am.

i second-guessed myself a lot--which i still do now, admittedly, but less so thankfully.

so i suppose the short answer is: my view of myself then was a lot like a funhouse mirror: heavily warped.

ed

 

[MisterSir]

Well, I'm in college now, so I can't really answer that. I'm certainly different to who I was two years ago, which I am grateful for, but I honestly don't know who I thought I'd be as a kid. This was a bad idea. For what it's worth, I'm pleased with who I am at the moment, and I certainly couldn't have said that a year or two years ago.

 

[bailadora]

It was pretty accurate. While my views have become more liberal in some areas and more conservative in others, the core values remain the same.

 

[eudaemonia]

I've always had a pretty rich inner life and vowed early on to never lose contact with that world. The "essence of me" has not really changed though its expression is quite a bit more clear and direct than when I was younger. Some of my tastes and preferences have dropped by the wayside as new ones have emerged, but most are as they've been since ~mid adolescence.

I'd say my college-aged view of myself was accurate insofar as I understood it then. Somehow that doesn't sound very illuminating but...

I guess I've never been hugely split about my nature and desires.

 

[cb_85]

I've been finding out that my self image during my high school years was a lot different (in a good way) than how others saw me. Turns out I had a few more women interested in me than I thought and now that I look back, I really wasn't paying attention to the signals I was getting. Overall I like how I turned out, the only thing I'd change would be my interpretation of some signals from certain girls.

 

[Windflower]

It was pretty inaccurate.