I think you are absolutely right. I have a bit of an exhibitionist streak in me. I wasn't always this way. I actually used to be overweight with low confidence. I started to eat healthy and get fit and realized that i had been blessed in many different ways. As I've aged I've gained much more confidence but there is a battle that I wage within myself. There is a very fine line between being confident and being conceited. Confidence helps you in many different ways in life but I never want to over step the line and come off as conceited.
As far as putting myself out into the public eye; I've always felt as if I was destined to do something big. Really big. To do something to be put in the public eye. So recently I've been wondering if this is what it is. At this point it is still to early to determine.
You mentioned that I've probably become used to girls ogling over me and the center of a few man crushes. It's so weird because just today I was told by two different people (1 male & 1 female) tell me that I resemble a celebrity. One had said that I look like Leonardo DiCaprio and the other said Justin Timberlake. I personally don't see the resemblance but nonetheless I was greatly flattered.
Thanks you Zeno Kostas for such a intelligent and illuminating response to my questions. I really appreciate it that you took the time to write. You are so right that self-confidence can be useful and valuable trait as long as it doesn't devolve into conceit and self-absorption. I actually enjoy the fact that you have an exhibitionist tendency now. In seriousness though I really respect the fact that you were able to go from being overweight and with lower self-esteem to where you are now. It wasn't an easy path I'm sure.
Thanks again for responding with so much honesty and candor.