Don’t “Just Be Yourself”

The only humans who are truly just being themselves are babies. They laugh, cry, poop, pee, burp, and vomit with no filter or holding themselves back. Humans are gross and stinky by nature. To make it more enjoyable to be around others and for others to be around us, we cover up and hide. Clothes, makeup, bathroom stalls, holding in farts, etc. None of that is expressing our true self to others.

Check out this twitter thread of mine for another angle on not being yourself, but being better, beyond yourself.