“When you meet somebody for the first time you are not meeting them. You’re meeting their representative.” Chris Rock

Sad but true. And it seems to me that social media helps that representative have a full time job in the spotlight. One of the skills we now need to hone (and teach) is the ability to see past the front, the show, the representative to see if the person behind is who they say they are and who you think they are. People who are living inauthentically cannot keep the façade intact forever. I have often wondered how much energy some people expend in managing the representative and their outer life.

Maybe it is my entry into my middle years but I don’t really have the time or the patience to spend with a representative and I certainly don’t expend any energy on my own impression management – online or in person. Anyone who follows me on social media or visits me at the Yellow Castle gets to see the chaotic, messy, crazy, far-less-than-perfect magnificent and blessed life I have.