Nowadays it's "cool" to own all this expensive bullshit items, get drunk a lot, smoke a ton of weed and party a lot. We get judged if we do something that is out of the norm and if we're different from the "normal" standards than we are judged.
Here is my view, information, tips or whatever on being your own god damn person.
There is a lot of arguements I have noticed over piercings, tattoos, religion, ethnicity, ideas, and even just having your own god damn original opinions. If someone has an upopular opinion everyone hates it, and there are very few people who go "Oh your opinion is yours and I respect you have one, even if I disagree."
Being your own person is in a way, taboo.
For instance, this woman is covered in tattoos, has a nose piercing and brightly colored hair. I think she looks gorgeous but others may say she looks trashy.
I think it's none of our god damn business how she looks as long as she is healthy.
If you want to play video games and eat a lot (as I do) then that's awesome. You do you. The only time anyone should care what you do is if your diet is effecting your health in a negative way.
There are many positive and negative ways of being your own person.
Positive ways are:
- Working out a lot or not at all
- Wearing make up or not (regardless of gender)
- Being straight, gay, bi whatthefuckever
- Eating a lot of junk food or eating a lot of healthy food
- Reading v. going to parties
Negative ways are:
- Doing drugs: cocaine, herion, meth etc
- Drinking alcohol often- in an unhealthy manner
- Starving yourself(anorexia) or making yourself puke up your food (bulimia)
- Working out too much (straining yourself to the point of damaging your muscles)
- Eating unhealthy food constantly- there's a difference between eating a lot, to eating too much
Yes there may be some exceptions and some things I left out for both lists but the point is, be yourself, but be safe.
You can get a lot of tattoos, but go to a professional and clean shop.
You can go to church every day, it doesn't make you weird, just religious.
If you choose to stay home and read a book over going to a party, that's awesome. If you choose to go to a party over staying home that is too.
The main thing is, just don't do anything that hurts you or other people.
Individuality is beautiful in my eyes.
You don't need to be like everyone else to be amazing. You don't need to be completely different either.
That's awesome if you like pop music, it's popular for a reason.
That's awesome if you don't like it, or if your music taste varies.
I find that more teenagers struggle with individuality than most, but it also occurs in older people. You don't need to like the same clothing style, taste in music, or anything to be able to have friends or make a good impression upon people.
Admiting you have flaws is a brave thing in my opinion. Not many people like to show that they are not perfect.
No one is perfect, because "Perfection is in perception."
Everybodies definition of perfection is different because of the ways we percieve them. I believe flaws are what makes someone perfect. I am not perfect to myself but I am viewed as perfect to a few people because of who I am to them.
Not everyone is going to like you, I will tell you that. But who the fuck cares??
If you can't find people who like you for you, your flaws and everything, then those people do not matter. In my other two mytakes reminders for men and reminders for women, the main idea was "You do not need to meet the standards of people who do not matter."
And that applies to everyone for everything. You don't need to be tall or short, you don't need to be completely hairless on your body, you don't need to be Christian, you dont need to like or be or have anything. You need to be you.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost
You are always going to be too much or not enough of something for some people.
You may be too honest, too sharp, too rounded.
You may not be sensitive enough, blunt enough or kind enough.
Don't round out your edges.
Don't sharpen your curves.
If someone doesn't fucking like how sharp you are?
Stab them with your corners.
Don't literally stab anyone please, but prove to yourself that your corners and edges are you. Your round and soft parts are you.
Your weight, age, height...these do not define you. The way you treat a waitress, the way you speak to older people and children, the way you laugh at things, the way you close your eyes while you listen to your favorite song... These are things that make up a apart of you.
You do not need to prove anything to anyone.
My religion is one less known of, or even well liked. I am a Wiccan and Wiccans have 10 commandments. One of them is "Do not judge others lifestyles or their spiritual path." Also, "Don't self harm or have self doubt." Another is, "Protect the Earth and those weaker than you."
I find that the kinder you are to people, the more accepting, the happier you will be. I watched the movie "It's such a beautiful day."
Bill, the main character, was happy when he took notice of details. He lived forever and he learned a lot, as he loved and lost, read every book and learned every language.
I think if all of us lived forever, read every book, learned every language, accepted all cultures...accepted all people, you will learn more than you ever thought you could. Yes faces may blur, names will merge, and people come and go.
But you.
You are an individual who matters.
You are a human, fucking, being.
I repeat to you, you're a fucking human being.
No one is below you nor above you.
We are all equal.
We may be different, but in a way we are all the same. We are made from flesh and blood. We all need oxygen. We all need to eat and drink.
We are all human beings.
"I don't understand what would cause someone to destroy other people. They're human beings just as everyone else."
Be yourself. If you fit in or not. Write poetry, play sports, play video games, watch netflix, design clothing. Do what the fuck makes you happy, be someone who makes you happy.
Don't just be another brick in the wall.
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