Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Relationships: [header] How to confess to lying [title] Think about why you lied. [step] Take some time to contemplate your actions and question your underlying motivations. It's not that you're trying to find an excuse for your behavior, but rather that you're trying to more fully understand what happened and why.

Ending1: Perhaps you tried to change your answer when it was convenient, but you never told the truth. [substeps] What are you really trying to prove? Then, you could have gotten away with it. Ending2: [substeps] If you caught yourself doing something that you didn't do, write down why it happened. Don't be too harsh; you just want to come clean. Ending3: [substeps] Oftentimes when you lie, your inability to come to a clear conclusion (e.g., having no idea why you lied) may come from your lack of knowledge and over comparing yourself to others. One way to figure out what you lied to include character profiles. Ending4: This self-evaluation can help you avoid similar behavior in the future, as well as help the person you're confessing to understand. [substeps] Talk with a trusted friend who has known you a long time.

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