A letter to not just high school kids but to everybody.

Stop. Simply stop trying to fit in, stop putting on a fake persona around people at school and most of all stop caring about what other people think of you. Why does it matter what he said or she said about you? I can surely bet you that later in life you won’t ever really see that person anymore and therefore those words and thoughts are meaningless.

In high school kids think that they have to be fake, they think they need to fit and be accepted but only later in life do they learn and realize that all that faking was a waste of time. During my high school days I didn’t give a single care about what others said or thought about me, you didn’t like me that wasn’t the end of my world, you hated me? So what I said that’s your personal problem.

I notice all these freshmen on campus and as the semester goes on you see the wear and tear on them. The wear and tear of realizing I wasted all that time and effort in high school fitting in and being something that they aren’t and now they are here in college noticing that it was a waste. That all those people back in high school have left and that and they don’t really talk anymore, they are realizing who their true friends are and those that will most likely be around from here on out.

That’s the life that most people fall for, the belief that you need to this or that to fit in. Don’t be yourself, don’t figure out who you are but instead fall into the status quo like everyone else. Ever notice those people who are just happy? Those people are honestly happy because they know who they are and aren’t afraid of being themselves, they are not trying to fit in anymore. Some of the greatest times in your life will happen when you shed the fakeness and start being yourself, you start being weird. So what if some people think you are weird and will walk or even run away from, someone will join you in time.

If you are introverted don’t feel like you need to be open and pressure in being around people, be happy with yourself and someone who understands you will eventually enter your life. I am introverted so I understand this but I am an odd mix of many things, people tire me out not going to lie but I love to public speak. I love to and enjoy doing big events and speaking in front of hundreds of people. But I also hit a wall where I don’t want to be around anyone and I want my alone time. I love my alone time where I can walk and think or sit and stare at the clouds in the sky or just in general am alone doing nothing. I have zero problem being alone; that’s my introvert side.

If you’re an extrovert then go be one, don’t hold back for one second. If you’re a mix of these two things then embrace it and go. Forget fitting in, forget what’s trending or socially acceptable right now go be weird, be different, be you.