She asked me, “At what point do you stop feeling like an imposter in your own life?” The short answer I gave her was this: Never.
But the feelings of being a fake can come less often, pass more swiftly and do less damage than when you’re younger if you spend time figuring out who you actually are and either changing the parts you don't like or accepting them.
I know what I'm talking about: As a kid, I spent all my days being afraid of being found out, being caught, being discovered — not the way movie star is “discovered” but the way a criminal is discovered.
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