First heard this phrase about two years ago. I immediately balked at it. While in the throes of unraveling a life I had with someone else for 26-years, disrupting the “perfect” family and dismantling a business, the mere idea of hiding behind the buzz phrase, “live authentically” was laughable.
The argument I so often heard associated with that term had colorful variations of someone re-assessing their career, family, spouse, whomever, or, they found themselves feeling the urge to relive their teenage or college years differently.
And, because they were being painfully honest about it, they were living authentically. To me, it all just sounded like excuses to behave badly in the “now”.
For months after making some of the biggest decisions of my life, I felt the exact opposite of authentic – I felt completely invalid. But, there was no turning back and no regrets. That much I knew and accepted.
I was making choices with the end in mind.
To quote one of my closest friends, “I’m not one of these women who doesn’t know what she wants. I know exactly what I want”.
And, I have it.
To me, truly living authentically is living with intention, not flailing.
More to come,
Tanya B.
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