What is normal? What is weird? I can’t really say for sure but if I had to choose one, I’d choose to be weird.
I was called weird in high school and I took that as a compliment.
Why would I be upset to hear someone thought that I was different from everyone else?
As the wise Dr. Seuss once said, “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” Dr. Seuss makes a great point when he said this, no one in the world is exactly like you and no one is better at being you than you. So if you are the best at being you, why try to be like someone else?
I’m sure I have been influenced in what I wear and how I act but for the most part, I try to just do what I want to do and wear what I want to wear. It’s OK to not like the same things or be exactly like everyone else.
I would rather be weird because at least I’m myself. Knowing that I stray from the norm is a cool feeling to me. I feel less pressured to dress or act a certain way or live up to some standard posed by society. Trying to be trendy is a lot of work. I’ve dressed nearly the same way since my early high school years. It’s so hard to keep up with what everyone else is doing and what is cool and what is not. It’s much, much easier to just do my own thing and if that’s weird, oh well.
To me, being weird makes me more interesting and has made me true friends that can appreciate my weirdness and I can do the same for them in return. Since my friends are their own kind of weird, we aren’t trying to impress each other. The friendships are deeper because we are truly ourselves.
Also, being normal is boring. I don’t really know what normal is but it's not that exciting. Being seen as weird means you are standing out and becoming a memorable person. I only see that as a good thing. If everyone was completely their selves all the time, society would be way more interesting than it is now. There would be no need for terms like “basic” because everyone would be so completely different. Granted it's not bad to have shared interests but that’s different from trying to be exactly like a celebrity or someone else in the media forefront.
It’s hard to be yourself sometimes in society because many don’t want to stray from the norm or stand out but life is so much easier when you don’t worry about what others opinions are of you. What other’s think of you is their own problem, it's not your's.
So, if you’re weird, be weird. Own it. Take pride that you are different, because who wants to be normal anyway?
