My socio-anthropological self is someone that is shaped by others’ perceptions of me. If they think of me as reliable, then I slowly become it. It is closely related to social interactions with others for self-development. The more I interact with others, the more I think of what they might think of me, and I change myself accordingly. The interaction itself also changes my “self”, like how my parents treat me well and due to it, I become a respectable person. Even if my “self” is changed by perception and interactions, there is a part of me that stays the same; my stable identity. My private self is one that changes very little over a period of time, while I show others my social self, the one that’s been built by them. In my entire life, I’ve gone through multiple rites of passage, which changes who I am and what my role is. Right now, I’m a college student, and soon, I’ll transition into a working adult. This goal of mine to have a job and to have income is partly due to my necessary illusory; to provide to my family as an only child. I believe this role of mine, while self-imposed, is what I need to feel like I have a function in society.