Wow! That is really well said and I think quite profound. I’ll check out the video later… I’ve been chipping away at understanding myself but I suppose I’ve not been very proactive about becoming myself. Recent years have been better but I’d posit that understanding oneself is a prerequisite in many regards to becoming oneself (if that makes sense). I think we’re becoming all the time, but having a clear understanding of who we are enables us to move forward much more confidently and decisively, whereas from the ages of 23-30 I was very unsure about many things, and so any becoming I was doing was very intrinsic. The key distinction now I think is that now that I’m more confident in who I am I am more prepared to reflect who I am in what I do and the way that I look in a way such that I’m ready, mentally, to be perceived by others differently. The downside of this might be that I’d be shunned in some settings, which is to be expected if I’m not conforming, but the upside is that I’ll be more likely to meet like-minded individuals. I’m not looking for counter-culture, but rather “what works best” I think (although there are many things about our culture that are not ‘what work best’ I am much more concerned with finding my own way and optimizing my own life rather than raging against the machine - I think meeting and talking with others that think differently than the status quo will be key in all of this and thus the post).