To be unique, or as we like to call it, ‘You’nique, is to be yourself, appreciating the difference between you and others, knowing that you’re not the same as them and that’s what makes you, you.
Sometimes, when everyone in the room is doing something we don’t like, we feel like we’re weird or different. Yes, we are different, but it is not weird or unusual. It is perfectly normal, and that’s just you being unique.
Being unique can sometimes be positive, where you are seen as a hero for being yourself and showing your talent, but sometimes it can also feel negative, where people think you’re unusual or weird.
But, being yourself gives you the comfort you need. It’s all about that feeling of comfort and satisfaction you feel, where you’re not forced to do the thing your peers are doing. That is what you get by being the true you.
When you are 100% yourself, there will be no need for you to act like someone else, which is draining. A lot of people today have a tendency to act differently with different groups of people, maybe trying to be cool or be like them, instead of showing their real personality. This takes a toll on them and at the end of the day they don’t feel satisfied with their life, since they’re always trying to “fit in”, when that’s exactly what the world doesn’t need more of. It needs more people to be themselves, to stand out, to not follow the crowd like meek sheep, to dare to be different, take the path they want instead of what others before them have paved.
When you try to fit in, you can’t reach your full potential. You will always be limited by the boundaries of who you’re trying to be like, when instead your own capabilities are limitless. Trying to be like someone else is also like lying about who you are, and that leads to even more lies about yourself, then having to keep them up, which becomes a source of stress in itself. There’s always a mask (and we’re not talking about the medical one here) on your face, either because you’re too afraid to show your real self, or because you just can’t be bothered to remove it until you’re with no one but yourself. Will that life even give you happiness? No, we think it will even take away most of what you had before, too.
On the other hand, if you’re nothing but your true self with everyone you meet, it will always keep any misunderstandings at bay, and people will get to know the unfiltered you, and you will be able to form real, deep connections with everyone you meet, instead of just knowing each other on the surface, which happens when you are not being yourself.
If you’re scared of showing the real you to people, try to change that bit by bit. We can assure you that no one who actually matters will judge you for who you really are. In fact, good people embrace and appreciate realness! There will be nothing to lose if you just take your mask off and take that burden of “being like someone else” off your shoulders. It will feel liberating to you, and if there will be anyone who doesn’t like the real you, you’ll know they weren’t in for the long haul anyway.
If you put on a different personality just for the sake of it, we’d like to ask, do you even like doing it?
In any case, we just want to tell you to always be your true self with everyone you meet, as there are no downsides to it, and we weren’t born to just “fit in”, were we? If it were so, all of us would be created the same way and would have the same environment, which we don’t. We should always dare to be the real us, dare to be unique.
Although, sometimes, there are etiquettes, ethics, rules and regulations. These refrain you from being yourself. We do not ask you to break these. For example, you can’t eat noodles with your hand in a five star restaurant just because you want to, or jump up on tables at work/school because “that’s who you are”. We advise you to be your true self, considering all the rules imposed. If there’s no rule on something and you have to choose, choose what you want to do.
In Essence:
All we meant to say in this blogpost is, be yourself, no matter what. Show your true, unmasked self to everyone. Let people recognise you by who you are, not by how different you act with different people, in different situations. Considering the rules and etiquettes, try your best to be yourself, and shine bright like the star you are.
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