I like purple. Why do I like purple? My dad says its because he told me from the time I was a wee little thing that purple was my favorite color. Some might say that's manipulation. Others might use the word "conditioning". Did it work? Apparently.
I say I run late due to the polychronic cultures I grew up in. My dad says it's because of my personality.
I say I got my nose ring because of my cultural upbringing - with loving to see Indian women and their jewelry. I've heard I did it because I'm a punk kid who's trying to follow the "in" crowd of what's popular in the U.S.
So, why the heck do we do what we do? Is it because we just get up one day and decide. Or is it because important people in our lives have "conditioned" us to think and be a certain way. How do we know the difference? Can we know the difference? Do people even care why they think and believe and do what they do? Or are they just going through the motions?
Being a TCK and having interacted with many different types of people and cultures has enabled me to think outside of the box. Or perhaps its because I'm a woman and like to over-analyze. Or perhaps it's because I'm an idealist and like to think of the different possibilities.
So, why do you think you do what you do?
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