I’m 5’'7. I have shoulder-length brown hair. Sometimes I wear a small, sometimes I’m a medium (the classic “smedium”). Some days I have clear skin, other days I have a zit the size of Texas on my forehead. I’m socially awkward. I’d choose a night in with Netflix over going out any day. I’m painstakingly average.

I’ve never been exceptionally good at anything. I was always on JV, never varsity. I get low A’s and B’s, sometimes even a C. I’ve been lied to and cheated on by boys. I’ve lied to my friends. I’ve been in love, I’ve fallen out of love. I have a box of participation ribbons. I spent months coming up with ideas and planning a speech to become my sorority’s President, so naturally I lost. My life is nothing anyone would ever write a movie about.

I’m not exceedingly beautiful, I’m not artistic, I’m not athletic, I’m not exceptionally intelligent, I’m not incredibly selfless, I’m not overly kind, I’m not gut-wrenching funny, I don’t have a ridiculous amount of friends, I’m not religious.

So, why am I telling you this? Who cares about an average life? These days there seems to be a negative connotation with being average. At a young age, we’re told to follow our dreams, to be the best at everything. And you know what, attempting to be the best at everything can be exhausting. Believing you're going to be the best at everything you do will give you nothing but anxiety and possibly an inferiority complex. But what if I told you achieving average results were okay? What is wrong with being average if you knew that you tried your very best?

You studied really hard for a test, and you got the average grade in the class. And that is okay. Yes, some people scored better. And yes, some people scored worse. And that is fine. You probably won’t graduate Valedictorian.

You will never live a picture perfect life because those don’t exist. You will probably not fall in love with a Mr. or Mrs. Perfect. But that does not mean they aren't the perfect one for you. You will learn that it is okay to accept less than the best in others.

See, I may be average but what I do know is that when I love someone, I love deeply with everything I have. I do know that when my friends need me, I’ll always be there. I do know that I try my hardest to get good grades. I do know that I have a career path I want to follow. I have passions and desires and when I do things, I do them with conviction.

Maybe these attributes seem average to someone else, but to me they are successes. I will give my effort for the things that truly matter and if I end up with an average result, then I will learn from my mistakes and I will move on.

So no Taylor Swift, the fear of being average does not intimidate me. And just because I know average is okay, does not mean I will live an average life. I will try new things in my life without the fear of failure and the need to be the best. And I will love every minute of my seemingly average life.