[JOTO Mug Recommendations] How to Live Authentically: Start by Being Honest with Yourself
As January 2025 comes to an end, the lunar new year officially begins. Are you ready to embrace the new year? If the Gregorian New Year didn’t feel grand enough, don’t worry—seize the moment of the lunar new year to plan your year ahead and decide where life’s next steps will take you. Today, let’s look at some stylish mugs together while exploring how to live more authentically in the coming year.
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One of my goals for the new year is to live more authentically. Since graduating from university, even while pursuing graduate studies, I’ve constantly felt the pressure of competition and busyness. Sometimes, I feel like I can’t keep up anymore—the gap between my name and my substance seems to grow. My name seems to be running ahead like a child learning to walk, hurtling closer to the edge where they might stumble and fall.
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This gap—“not living up to one’s name”—has become an inescapable weight on my mind. I don’t feel as good as others perceive me to be, yet those impressions are the result of my own constant efforts to showcase the good and conceal the bad. My daily life has become a web of promises—crafting new ones while patching up old ones—gradually losing its sense of authenticity.
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How can I make my life feel more real? This is my most important goal for the new year. I want to live with my feet on the ground and learn to walk instead of run. In psychology, losing a sense of reality in life is a key sign of “dissociation,” an issue psychologists and psychiatrists strive to address. I wonder if the first step to living authentically is simply being honest with yourself.
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Reflecting on why life feels inauthentic, I realize it stems from a false hope within myself—the belief that others won’t notice I don’t live up to my name. Yet, because I know the truth, I feel fearful—afraid someone will discover it one day. This fear traps me in a cycle of self-deception and self-blame. The most terrifying lies are those we tell ourselves and end up believing.
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Being honest with yourself is difficult. It requires accepting your imperfections and recognizing your real achievements. It means grounding yourself in hard work without making false promises to yourself—and by extension, to others. Honesty with yourself allows for honesty with others. In the new year, may we all find peace and well-being.
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