Over the past little while, I have been receiving feedback. Most of it comes from a positive angle. The unfortunate nugget of truth is that I must look like an unprofessional slob on weekends. Lately, my "weekend people" have been seeing me during the week and are expressing their thoughts on how well I clean up. The reality is that I am "cleaned up" 5 days of 7, sometimes more.
This has made me wonder: Who am I? Am I the professional person who is nicely cleaned up or is it an act while I pretend to be professionally presentable? Am I lacking integrity between the professional costume I put on during the week and its related behaviour vs. the casual attire I don and its related behaviour? I know professional people who wear jeans and a dab of lipstick (women) on the weekend and no one would doubt that they are professional folks. Yet the apparent transformation that I undergo during the week is significant. Who am I pretending to be and who am I? Am I a professional impostor?
I have always striven to have integrity between who I am at work and who I am at home. Maybe I have lost my way.
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I never said you were an unprofessional slob. You always dress well for class - I had just not seen you wear eyeshadow and a brightly-colored, chunky necklace. You are YOU, Michelle - whether you are comfortable, assertive, laughing, serious or making pancakes on Sunday mornings. I think you are have a great deal of integrity and I hope you embrace yourself as you are.
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