I once read a statement that stated that if you’re jealous of someone’s life based on what they post on social media, then you’re jealous of a lie. What the author meant by that, at least from what they explained, is you only see what people allow you to see from their personal lives, and at best you’re only seeing a snippet of what their life might really be like.
That’s not to say that people that seem to be living good lives aren’t actually living good lives, but what it does mean is that they have their ups and downs just like anyone else… just like you and I.
Even though I write on this blog, tweet on my Twitter,post videos on YouTube, flex on Instagram, and post statuses on Facebook, and even if you managed to follow me throughout ALL of that, it’s all really just snippets of myself. In fact, if you didn’t know me personally, you probably wouldn’t be able to piece enough together to accurately describe me as a person.
So with that I always wonder how people would describe me and if it could come close to how I actually am. For example, people say I smile a lot and usually come to the conclusion that I’m happy…lighthearted…carefree even. Carefree is a stretch, though believe me, I’ve heard it but the thing is, I’m actually not prone to smiling, it’s not something I necessarily do from a lighthearted place. In most situations, I smile because smiles are disarming, they make me approachable, which I am, they make you feel more comfortable talking to me, and they just might make you smile back, which decreases the chances for an awkward situation. I smile from a tactical approach more-so than “I’m just a happy person” approach and it usually works.
Which brings me back to the underlying inspiration of why I wrote this post in the first place. I, unfortunately but fortunately, want to be in career fields in which, if I’m successful, will push my life in front of the world for all to view. Because of that possibility, I feel like now is the time to decide what type of person I’m going to be when the cameras cut on and the spotlight focuses in, but I can’t decide just how much of “me” to be. Should my vlogs be less personal and more professional? Should I even be publicly blogging about thoughts like this? Should I play it safe? Should I bare it all? Does myself as a person even appeal or intrigue anybody else? I’m not sure if Anthony the person, Anthony the actor, and Anthony the artist should be the same person or just different portrayals of the same person…
