Would you rather be a fake or a real in a subject or lifestyle?

I think being fake is self fulfilling yourself with something that you've done but wasn't done correct in some way it's not the same feeling as being real and getting something done with your real self and get a more satisfactory feeling. But doesn't being fake mean you love yourself for something that isn't real about you, and real is loving yourself about what you are. But how can you love yourself of being real when there's no positives or it's not the lifestyle you want or like although it's the real you