just be your self!

This article tells you how to just be yourself, sometimes you stop being yourself and after a few years, you're in the wrong shoes. With these steps, you can get back to your normal self. It is aimed at preteens, younger teenagers because older teenagers over the age of 16 tend to be themselves.

steps:

1) Don't hang around with people that think they are better than you. These will boss you around, cause trouble, and then blame you for it. Find new friends that don't like to act like themselves. Also, try not to undersell yourself either.

2) Just act yourself. When you are with your mates, you act differently to when you are with your parents or grandparents. Act like you are at home, as long as you are not destructive at home, this should work.

3) Don't act like you're better than everyone else or worse than everyone else. Stop this straight away. You can easily lose friends by doing this; everybody is equal. If it's easy for you to think yourself superior, it'll be easy for you to think yourself lowly later on. The person who has a lot of money compared to a person with not so much money deserves to be treated the same.

4) Don't act like you are perfect. Face it, nobody is perfect, and that includes you. Think of a person who acts like he is perfect and then think of what is wrong with him. There is always a 'wrong' with them. Another thing, don't act like you're not so perfect because you can lose lots of friends that way too.

5) Do not be bossed around. Take control of your life, just because you are being yourself doesn't mean the people who are not being themselves can boss you around. The only time you should listen to bossy people is your parents and your teachers, unless your they are telling you to do something stupid.

6) Treat everybody with the respect you would like. This can boost your amount of friends like in step 1, if you find friends that are being themselves, treat them with the same respect as you would like, and thats what they would like!

7) Love yourself- If you don't love who you are and don't think you're beautiful, how do you expect others to think so?

8) Look within- Looking into who you are on the inside as a good person will make it easier to be comfortable in your own shoes

9) Keep a journal- Why? Well, it is very difficult to be yourself if you don't know yourself. A journal will help develop mental and spiritual awareness (and so will yoga/meditation, if desired). Try to know what you are thinking and understand why you feel that way.

10)Find the future- Figure out what your goals, dreams, and aspirations are. Find your style, your beliefs.

11)Become a philosopher!Consider keeping a notebook with a list of YOUR beliefs about our world. This could result in an amazing outcome, and may be an outlet of your imaginative unique abilities and talents.

12)Find your place in the world- This is never easy, but as a young teen, your job is to figure out who you are. Try to find what you are passionate about. Once you find what makes you feel amazing, do more of it. You will feel incredible! This can be anything: a talent/hobby such as singing, dancing, musical instruments, sports, yodeling, mime, theater, writing poetry, book writing, reading to younger children, art, calligraphy, yoga, photography, anything that you enjoy doing, may excel in, etc.

13)Stop being a perfectionist- Once you start believing you are okay as you are, you will develop the confidence you need to show the world your true self.

14)Random acts of kindness - the more you help others, the better you feel about yourself, the world, and in general, it creates a euphonious state of bliss.

15)Be humble- Once you feel good about yourself and stick to it, you might take the confidence level a little over the top. Its great to love thyself, as long as you love others as equivalents of greatness. Self esteem is great, pride is sin.

16)Stand up straight- walk tall! This withholds a rush of confidence and will improve your body language as well by sending positive signals.

17)Don't be afraid of what others think of you- rely on your heart to tell you what's right. Listen to that inner wisdom of yours! We all have that voice in our heart and its up to us to believe in it! If you listen long and hard, you will find that your conscience is there for you at all times to remind you of your values. You will almost always make great choices is you rely on your conscience. Trust thyself to know what's true for you!

18)Listen to your heart - Your heart will never fail you! If we keep doing and thinking what others do and say, you will never learn to be yourself. That just creates a whole new image. Usually what we feel inside becomes our actions. We worry about what others will think if you act yourself, but the truth is, who cares? As long as you a respectful, don't worry about it!

19)Smile-lastly, learn to be happy with yourself!