I'm comfortable in my skin!

So, for a long time now, I've been thinking about why we feel the need to please everyone... You will never be able to achieve perfect scores with everyone in your life, you will always be letting someone down with an act or decisions to make... But that doesn't make you a bad person.

It's taken me 5 whole years to figure this out. In year 7 I was the girl who was different with everyone and while that method served me reasonably well, it was exhausting!!! Having 18 different personalities is no holiday... And it ended up backfiring... You get caught out doing that kind of thing and instead of being the cool calm and collected person your teachers think you are, you let your game down and give them an overload of sass that would have gotten a high five from your bestie but winds you up in a lunch time detention with your favourite teacher...

After 5 years of mulling this over, I'm ok that with the thought that I've become a quirky, OCD, neurotic and slightly ditzy young woman. And I've been lucky enough that my closest friends have just accepted that.
I am now the same person with my family that I am at school with my friends because they have become like family and I owe that level of honesty to them.

Just like Beyoncé says "I'm comfortable in my skin"

I think it took me this long to figure out who I am because we are taught to care what others think of us. But I've come to realise that it doesn't matter what others think of me because I will never apologise for who I am because I'm me. And if that's not enough for you then I'm better off with our you.

I'm going to leave you with the wise words of the BEAUTIFUL Ricky Martin - It's none of my business what others think of me.

Xoxo
Liv