Packaging yourself

Humans package themselves in order to appear attractive and desirable in society as well. People dress up in fine clothes to give a good impression to others. Females use cosmetics to attract males, while males show power and money to attract females. Singers and dancers practice their skills to draw fans’ attention. Everyone in the society packages themselves, though some people may argue that packaging themselves is too fake, but imagine a person, who wears dirty clothing with strange smells, says hi to you, will you be willing to reply to him? ​People even use different ways of packaging themselves for different objects. For example, the way someone may talk to their relatives is different from that of how they speak to their friends. You might start the conversation with your grandparents by “how are you doing,” but when it comes to your best friends, you may start the conversation by “ what’s up bro”. It does not mean that you are fake or unfamiliar with your grandparents, on the contrary, it increase the ethos of a person through providing human security because one can handle different speaking styles for different people properly. ​Basically, packaging can be argued that people package themselves as goods to sell others, so others will “buy” or be more impressive to the individual.

However, packaging also has some disadvantages. Over-packaging food will waste lots of materials, which deteriorate the environment to some extent. Also, the buyers will pay a higher price for the same food quality because of the increasing cost of packaging.

As for the human being, excessive packaging of self would lead to a diminishing sense of self. On the basis of interpersonal communication, there has to be a bottom line for everyone. Sometimes, packaging oneself can lead to misunderstandings and conflicts. The premise of packaging oneself is not to harm others’ interests. Overall, appropriate packaging is helpful for communication and interaction, but too much hypocrisy will make problems and lose sincerity. It is crucial for everyone to learn how to choose the proper degree of self-packaging.