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Old Aug 30, 2014, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ChildlikeEmpress View Post

Have any of you had to talk yourself up like this and just felt awful about it? Maybe even for an interview? How did you do it?
Yes, I feel like just about every social interaction with anyone other than those I am closest to is just one long series of me lying/talking myself up/presenting a fraudulent, Leave It To Beaver version of myself, or flat out presenting a version of myself I know that the other person wants to see. I've been putting on a mask of semi-normalcy for so long that it's just second nature to me now. Really thinking about the fact that I do it, feel like I have to do it, or really, that I need to do it just to fit in somewhat does make me agitated and self-loathing on the inside. I just usually don't even think about it.

I'd just write about major milestones and accomplishments in your life, your hobbies, just a brief summation of your time on this Earth. Hope you're able to write something you're happy with. May I ask, what is it you have to write this for at work? Just a company bio? My old job featured one employee every month in our newsletter, with a short little bio and lists of likes/dislikes, hobbies, et cetera.