So I started listening to this podcast called Invisibilia. The most recent one I listened to was about whether or not we believe that our personalities are consistent or not. Do you believe that someone is born with a fixed personality or does their personality change as they age, the environment they are in, etc.? I personally believe that our personalities evolve. No one is born with a fixed personality. For example, I was a very shy child and continued to be shy up into my late teens and in my early 20’s that personality trait slowly disappeared. So sure, at one point in time people may have described me as shy but I don’t think anyone would describe me as that anymore. I think as we grow, evolve, our environments change, so do our personalities and this isn’t a bad thing.
