The Consequences of Letting Yourself Be Yourself

What would happen if you let yourself be yourself?

What would happen if you simply stopped caring about what other people thought of you?

What would happen if you let yourself be the kind of person you liked to be? (Rather than what you think other people will like?)

What would happen?

Our scared, reptilian brain tells us that all hell would break loose.

It tells us that we wouldn’t have any friends.

No one would want to hang out with us anymore.

Our family would tolerate us because, well, they’re family. But they wouldn’t much care for it.

We would become social outcasts.

We might as well say goodbye to any potential romantic relationships, career prospects, and chances of getting our creative work out there.

Right?

Or… maybe not so much.

Here’s the thing I want to drill into you right now.

If you remember nothing else from this blog post, remember this:

No one is thinking about you.

They just aren’t.

You know why? They’re too busy thinking about themselves.

Everyone is far too consumed with their own insecurities and worries and hopes and dreams to be bothered with the likes of you.

And this is a good thing.

(Really.)

Let this acknowledgement be your ticket to freedom.

You get to be whoever the hell you want, because no one really cares either way.

So if you’re naturally bold, be bold.

If you’re naturally introverted, don’t feel bad about being “the quiet type.”

There is no right or wrong way to be.

Be yourself.

And guess what happens when you start letting yourself be yourself?

Magic. That’s what.

You start attracting the right people and the right experiences into your life. The ones that are meant for you to have.

You start building relationships on honesty and vulnerability and this-is-the-real-thing love.

You live your life and stop going through the motions.

You become the best version of yourself as you get to know and embrace who you actually are.

It’s better to be yourself.

It’s better for you, for those around you, and for the world you inhabit.

Of course, it’s still scary.

But remember: no one really cares anyway.

So you might as well ignore those fears and be you.