Fake it ‘til You Make It, by Q. Reyes – Artistic Warfare #49

November 22, 2009 Q. Reyes 2 Comments

I’ve heard many people say this before, but I’ve never fully understood what it meant until now. I’m spending a lot of time by myself, which is pretty rare for me. I actually don’t like myself very much, so my days are pretty long.

Yet, in the interest of getting along with myself, I have to fake myself out. In the process of lying to myself about who I truly am – I’m actually becoming a better person. I never though it would work, let alone work this fast and good.

For example, I wish I would go to the gym more, so I fake going to the gym by simply going to the gym. I tell myself that I’m not going to workout, but in the end – I end up working out, anyway. So my point is that just the mere action of “doing something” pushes you to do something for real.

Now, “fake it ‘til you make it” is pretty old school. I’m not sure where that phrase came from, but I’m a testament that it works. Right now I’m happier than I’ve ever been! (Not true, I’m faking it, ‘til I make it). But you see how that works?

Some people might call it “positive thinking” others call it “self-affirmation” – I call it what it is: Fake it ‘til you make it”. You want to be a great artist? Fake it ‘til you make it. Act like a great artist and eventually you will become one. Want to be rich? Fake it ‘til you make it – but keep in mind that you might not make it, so you might just end up living a fake broke life.

Bottom line is that people who act a certain way, eventually end up becoming their actions. In fact, we are our actions. Everything we do is part of who we are – good or bad. So if you want to be an actor and you’re working as an accountant, then you’re not becoming an actor – you’re becoming an accountant.

I’m going through some hard times right now, so I’m faking being happy just so that I can cope. I know eventually I’ll be better, but really I have no choice but to fake it ‘til I make it – even though it feels like I’ve been faking it all my life. There’s ‘gotta be light at the end of the tunnel, right? I don’t care, I’m faking it, anyway.

Like right now, I’m fake-writing this article. I’m so depress, yet I keep pressing keys and words come out. I’m faking it ‘til I make it, trick! I’m out.