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originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: Profusion
I don't know if it's possible, but I'm pretty honest about myself and knowing both my strengths and my faults/weaknesses--at least, that's what my wife tells me.
I think that all it really takes is being both observant about your own actions (including feelings) and then being honest with yourself about them. It's not really all that difficult.
Of course, I'm not claiming that I'm absolutely objective about myself, but looking at it philosophically, if the point of discussion is one's self, isn't that person being both subjective and objective at the same time?
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: Bankaikiller
Oh, trust me--the opinion others hold of who I am (well, who they think I am) became irrelevant to me a long time ago (and I'm "only" 37).
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: Bankaikiller
Meh...I used to be the biggest pothead I knew, and I was still able to quit when it came time to getting a job.
Actually, at one point, my dad had me drug tested, and the doctor said it was the highest concentration of THC he'd seen in a sample. I wore that as a badge of honor back then--now it just makes me lament my misspent youth. But I'm happy with where I've ended up thus far, so it all works out in the end, I guess.