Becoming You

In this world full of pretentious, judgmental people and hypocrites, it is hard to be yourself more than ever.

For such a long time in my life, I have been waiting for some miracle to happen! I thought I was going to wake up one morning and all of a sudden be the coolest person on the planet, with amazing style and incredible life . I realised soon after that it was not going to be that easy. I realised that if I wanted to be the coolest person on this planet then I had to become one! I had to make it happen and not wait for the universe do some magic.

For as long as I’ve realised this, I’ve been fearful. Fearful of rejection, fearful of failure, fearful of being creative.

But being fearful is OK because it lets you know that somehow you’re on the right track. Now I am feeling more myself than I have ever been. Sometimes I am terrified of my true self but then other times I am absolutely obsessed with. That’s how just it is.
Maybe one day I will become the coolest person on this planet. Or maybe not. It’s all a big risk. But after all life is a risk, right?

Upon realising this, now I am not fearful of the unknown. I am not fearful of “who does this girl thinks she is?”. Not fearful of what the other person thinks about the things I do. Because I am making things happen for myself or at the least I am making myself happy.

So whatever that is that you want to do, I urge you to do it. If that means singing at the top of your lungs even if you’re tone-deaf, in a room full of people, it’s about doing that. If it means going on a little adventure and taking rad photos on the way, it’s about doing that. If it means posing for cute pictures looking like complete idiots just because you like it, it’s about doing that. If that means being totally ‘crazy’ even if people roll their eyes at you, it’s about doing that. If that means going on a completely different path when people condescendingly say “you can’t do that”, it’s about proving them wrong.

Don’t let people get to you because you’re doing something that they have always been too scared to do. Don’t wait because life is happening right now! Don’t just waste your time planning what could be and could not be.

Let yourself be the person you always secretly wanted to be.

Life isn’t about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself.
– George Bernard Shaw