First you need to know who YOU are. If you don’t know who YOU are, than how will anyone
else? I’m not talking about your name, or where you live (I hope you know those things) but dig a little deeper and ask yourself what do I stand for? What things in my life make me happy? What are my dreams and aspirations?
Second… we hear it all the time… stop caring about what people think about you and who they think you should be. One of my favorite quotes “I’d rather be disliked for who I am, than liked for who I’m not”, sums it up pretty well. I think people get too caught up in what other people think. “Do they think I ‘m good looking, funny, popular?” Instead, ask yourself if you’re happy with you. If you spend your time trying to be what everyone else wants you to be you won’t ever find happiness.
Not everybody is going to be liked by everyone because not one person on this earth is exactly the same as the next. Isn’t that what makes us so special? I’m always trying to improve who I am as a person but I embrace my flaws, and the freedom we have to be able to express ourselves as individuals. So instead of trying to be what you think everyone else thinks you should be, ask yourself who JUST YOU are, take it, and run with it!
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
~Judy Garland
