“You do you.” Although this phrase sounds absolutely ridiculous (all I am thinking about is Ronnie and Sammie from Jersey Shore as I write this) there is a lot of good advice in the three strung together words.
Backstory: My younger sister is a senior in high school and the other day she had to dress up for school because she had a swim meet that night. She is going through her closet and trying on outfits. The first one she tries on is cute and something I would TOTALLY wear: a maroon collared dress that buttons up the top half and then flares out from your waist, with a pair of dark stockings and (MY!) brown combat boots. She asks me what I think and, of course, I tell her to wear it! She then continues to stare at herself in the outfit for about thirty seconds before deciding she doesn’t want to wear it.
“It doesn’t look like me,” she shrugs when I ask what the problem is. “People would ask why I am wearing this.” First I questioned why she bought it then. And then I decide I need to loose weight so that I can fit into her clothes.
Now, this is a classic example of my sister. Why does she care if people question why she is wearing something? This is the problem with high school; everyone is afraid what everyone else will say/think. Why do we care? It’s simple really, we all want to be accepted and be a part of the crowd. While I completely understand this thinking (hell, I only graduated two years ago) I think we seriously need to try and change it.
There is no reason for you to base your clothes, hair, makeup, attitude, beliefs, values, and personality off of what ‘everyone else is doing.’ So for my weekly tip I am going to use ‘you do you’ to illustrate my point here. Whether its actions, looks, or attitude don’t worry about what anyone else is doing or what anyone else thinks. You focus on who you are and who you want to be!
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Non-FictionHere is a collection of the articles I have written for various reasons. Some are actually for published submissions and then some are simply just articles I had to write for my journalism class.
