Saying less isn’t being fake. Choose what you share, not who you pretend to be.

Being yourself and narrating yourself are not the same thing. You can be completely honest and still not hand over every opinion, plan and worry to whoever is nearby, because editing what you share is a decision about information rather than a decision about identity. Pretending is inventing a person. Choosing is just being selective.

Notice what you share automatically, and hold one thing back this week to see how it feels. Keep the people you tell everything to deliberately small. With everyone else, less said is not less honest.