The Desk.

A word on being one's self. I hear a lot these days about 'being yourself' and quite frankly it pisses me off. First we must ask, what truly is the self? A man is more than his genes; he is that plus his experiences. But a man is more than the sum of his experiences; he is that plus his own interpretation of those experiences. But it is previous experiences which define his interpretations. So essentially, there is no self outside of the environment, the self is the environment. My self happens to have no reality. I have no real voice or real personality. That is because my self is in fact the lack thereof. It is my nature to assume the voice and character of fiction, just as it is someone else's nature to be something or other. A man's self is whatever it is most natural for him to be. For me to 'be myself' is to be a character. I can be my self, but that self is not me.

Watson, just be yourself.

Alright, which one?