No seriously, I was told that. For real.
Hysterical, isn't it?
Why should I care what other people think of me? There's a huge difference between what people think about me and what people know about me. If they think I'm weird, they should get to know me to find out. And if they know I'm weird, well then fair enough!
Obviously though, if I was going to an interview for a really important job or surrounded by new people, I would want them to think that I'm a pleasant person. Because to me, those kind of things are important. I don't want to be poor AND friendless at the same time. (At the moment, I'm just poor. I do have friends, really.) I want them to judge me on who I am, not on who they think I am. But obviously, I'll probably get to know these people if I get the job or succeed in "breaking the ice" so they'll eventually get to know me. I won't need to pretend about who I am or give a false impression.
However, I am not going to let what other people, such as people I don't even talk to, people who pass me by on the street, the people at the tills when I'm buying two croissants from LIDL, or when I'm looking horrendous on the treadmill at the gym, dictate me in how I act, just incase they might form a judgement on me.
Life's too short to try to pretend to be somebody you're not just because you care about what other people think. Let's face it; most people are idiots. That's a theory that I have formed over the passed year or so. Idiots, the lot of them. Even me! People are so idiotic to form judgements on people they've barely met or even half-met, or people they're half-friends with. IT'S EVEN SUCH A WASTE OF TIME!! You could do so many more productive thing instead of judging people.
You like listening to various Dutch one-man bands loudly? GOOD FOR YOU!
You like wearing hats similar to Indiana Jones? GOOD FOR YOU!
You like to read books upside down to give yourself a challenge? GOOD FOR YOU!
You like to wear socks with sandals? GOOD FO- wait no, that's not okay. That's never okay.
But you get my drift anyway.
Just be who you want to be and don't be what everyone else wants you to be and don't care about what other people want you to be because in the end, you're stuck with yourself for the rest of your life so you might as well like who you are and feel confident in who you are because there's only one of you.
And if you do judge people on your two seconds of contact or interaction with them, well shame on you. Stop it, right now.
