Goffman,

Gergen²,

Goffman's Theory of Self-Presentation and Me

Can I apply Goffman to me?

1. Persona:

"In life we play many parts/roles" this can definitely be applied to me as I play the role of a son, an uncle, a student and many other roles.
"Fashion makes us actors" this can be applied to me as wearing different type of clothes can put me in a new mindset or "role" e.g. Suit for school = Smart, Casual for outings = Teenager .

Gergen and Gergen's Theory of Self Maintenance and Me

Can I apply Gergen and Gergen's theory to me?

Belittling evidence/Disbelieve, I do this most of the time when detractors give me negative feedback on me as a person or my actions for example when I show people my drawings and they don't like it, I just dismiss what they say.
Associating with others with a similar mindset, I always associate with those who watch the same TV shows as me because they can relate to what I am saying.
Turn the negative into a positive, whenever I cannot belittle evidence I just try to flip the negative into a positive for example if someone doesn't like my art then it makes me realise that maybe this type of art isn't for them or maybe I am not particularly good at this type of art.
Form a low opinion of the detractor, whenever I cannot belittle evidence another alternative is to form a low opinion of the detractor, this in turn makes me disassociate myself with them so that their opinion doesn't matter to me.

Can I apply Goffman to me?

2. Performance:

I put up a sincere performance with my family and close friends, this is the real me.
I put up a cynical performance with people I don't know or like.
(Not sure about congruence)

3. Staging:

Can I apply Goffman to me?

4. Teams:

I have fellow actors for company and they actually reflect who I am as a personas my fellow actors are all very friendly and humorous.
My team is very harmonious, we have specific codes we use to maintain our harmony with each other (certain words or phrases or jokes that outsiders won't understand)
Although my team doesn't have the same fashion senses, our behaviours are very similar as we react to situations very similarly.

5. Roles:

My roles in life are constantly evolving and I have more roles as I progress in life, for example 5 years ago I wasn't an uncle and in current time I am an uncle to 3 nieces. In 5 years time my roles could increase even more, I could be an employee or a university student.
As my roles increase I have noticed conflictions between roles because as a student I am required to focus on coursework and revision, but as an uncle I am supposed to look after my niece so it is difficult to balance out the two at home most times.

6. Personality Style/Presentation Skills:

My personality allows me as an actor to not look artificial in my actions and thoughts.
I may appear to be artificial in my responses during certain events such as interviews as my personality is not serious so I need to give a cynical performance so that the interviewer sees me as someone who can take things seriously.