To the title of this post – I am neither and if you’re not familiar with the ’92 film starring Bridget Fonda then here’s a quick recap: A chick advertises for a flatmate who wants to steal her life and it all ends in tears.
The importance of being yourself.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but what value does it hold for the imitator if they don’t have similar attributes? Maybe they believe that by copying you they will eventually find themselves? So the only way they can feel good about themselves is if they pretend to be someone they’re not.
There’s so many things to address here but I’ll keep it simple and start with this:
” Be unapologetically YOU “
If you think you’re weird – be weird.
If you think you’re creative – be creative.
You get where I’m going with this right?
Just be you and don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks. Often people actually do know who they are but for some reason they are afraid to admit it and act naturally for fear of ridicule. You are who you are, this life isn’t long enough to go around living a life that is dishonest.
We only get a fragment of time to experience, share, love, laugh and grow so why would you want to be something or someone you are not. You’re not here to please everyone and you need to put your own happiness first for you will never attract the full life you want until you start really being yourself.
Take the character in this movie – the crazy one. She’s bat shit crazy but that’s cool, there’s a niche for that, there’s a Facebook page she could join and interact with other bat shit crazy chicks and hang out and discuss shit by bats that happens to be crazy. She may find that by acknowledging who she is to the world that she will find others that help her dig a little deeper to find the core of the craziness and direct her energy towards something a little less fucked up.
Being yourself allows you to have a starting point and from there you can find out what truly motivates you so that the things you don’t like about yourself can have an opportunity to grow into things that you do like LOVE about yourself.
“Don’t apologize for being you, that’s like saying sorry for being real” – Brendon Komene