I was never the most popular girl in high school. Let’s face it, my hair was always a mess (still is most days), I am clumsy so sports were never my thing, and I love to read. If you add all of these together it makes for a very average person. I got OK grades in high school and I was involved but not as involved as most people.
I used to think that I had to be the most popular girl with the most friends and the most invites to parties. I have slowly begun to realize that I don’t need to be the most popular girl or try to be something that I’m not.
I might not have the best figure, the nicest clothes or the best fashion sense but I still love to read, am kind of funny and love being around people. In some places I might not be as good as I want to be, but there is always room for improvement.
For a few moments I thought that I could be the “best” at everything I ever set my mind to. Thank goodness I didn’t have a Facebook when I was in high school. Imagine seeing all of the inspirational quotes and not so subtle action shots of me doing amazing things.
I understand that there are over 7 billion people in the world that are probably better than I am at so many different things. I can live with this. If I was competing against 7 billion people there would be no chance at me beating every single person on the planet.
If you’re average that’s OK because chances are about 95 percent of the rest of the population is average too. They may not be the same as you but hey, that’s what makes everyone human and our world so vastly diverse. I don’t want to be the best at everything, that is entirely to much pressure for one person to handle. At the end of the day I am still an avid reader, average student and less than average sports fan but that’s okay because that is what makes me who I am today.
Even if I am average on the outside, my life is still amazing to me. The highs and lows of my life are still very important and 100 percent not average TO ME. It doesn’t matter that I am completely average in my social and academic life because you know what, it is my life and not anyone else’s to live out except me.
I will always have people who love me and I will always find things to be passionate about, whether it is events, communications or reading cheesy romance novels, these things will always make me who I am. Moral of the story is be who you want to be and don’t worry about trying to be extraordinary because you are extraordinary to someone in your life whether it is a boyfriend, family member or even a pet, you are the center of the world to someone out there.
