No matter how much you try to convince other people that you don’t care what they think, you do.

Let’s take that attitude into consideration: I don’t care what people think of me.  What would you do differently to prove that you genuinely don't care?  Why does not caring seem to be so appealing in our society?  Personally, I care a hell of a lot what people think of me.  My reputation isn’t something that is a flexible representation of myself. It’s not like changing an outfit, it sticks with a person throughout life’s changes. So no matter who I am in 20 years, people who know me now will remember me this way.

So how do you take the fact that you do care what people think of you and move forward unashamed? It’s not by reading 'How to Be a Good Significant Other,' 'Why it’s Okay to Be Single,' or 'Married under 21.'  None of these articles are completely applicable to you.  

Honestly, how many of those lists do you retain and actually practice in betterment of yourself?  Zero.  I’m willing to bet you skim over the topics listed just to see if anything you don’t already know is in the number one spot.  You already know how to fill all of the roles you want in life.  If you want to be a good anything, you have at the least an idea of what it takes.  Just by gut instinct you know what is the best way to become the type of person exemplified in these (and this) article.  Own the fact that you care.  Who cares if you care?  Take pride in the person that you are and the person that you are learning to be, not the one that a blog posts says you should become.

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