Authenticity is what separates success and failure in my opinion. I have struggled with being authentic my whole life, it's something I've been getting better and better at as I lose the fear that people will dislike or disapprove of the real me.
My intentions are to be myself, put myself out there, I still have some work to go in being forthcoming and vulnerable in expressing some of the deeper parts of myself, but I'm getting there. I will make it a point to put more of myself out there in the coming months