Our Social Selves

As I was sitting here thinking about what chapter 3 means and what it means to be our social self it clicked in my head, really most every aspect of who we are is driven by someone else. This meaning that from what we choose to wear to even what we choose to eat is usually something that some where we were socially influenced be it by clothing we see in a magazine or a dish on television you just have to try. I as a parent realize that even my parenting style is something has been influenced by the people around me. So to me this raises the question, when someone says they are their own person, how much of that can really be true? I have always liked to say I am my own person, but as I think about this I'm really not 100% my own. When I think about all the decisions I've made today, even the tiniest one, if I'm going to be honest most of them were driven by what someone else would think. In today's society it is sad to say to truly be your own self you are labeled an outcast and no one wants to be called that.