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Today is January 22 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is: "Do you think about your three possible selves?" Those who navigate the chaos understand the concept of three possible selves introduced by Hazel Rose Markus and Paula Nurius: the ideal self that we would like to become, that we could become, and that we are afraid of becoming. “To suggest that there is a single self to which one ‘can be true’ or an authentic self that one can know is to deny the rich network of potential that surrounds individuals.” Joan Didion echoed similar sentiment: "I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.” Have you lost touch with your previous self in order to become your future self?
By Michael Edmondson, Ph.D.Today is January 22 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is: "Do you think about your three possible selves?" Those who navigate the chaos understand the concept of three possible selves introduced by Hazel Rose Markus and Paula Nurius: the ideal self that we would like to become, that we could become, and that we are afraid of becoming. “To suggest that there is a single self to which one ‘can be true’ or an authentic self that one can know is to deny the rich network of potential that surrounds individuals.” Joan Didion echoed similar sentiment: "I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.” Have you lost touch with your previous self in order to become your future self?