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5 Reasons Why You Should Be Okay With Who You Are

If you don't learn the life you were given, then how will you ever be okay with the life you are given?

Alyssa Donnelly

Jun 13, 2016

Buena Vista University

5 Reasons Why You Should Be Okay With Who You Are

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Everybody is given a different life, but that's what is unique. We are all different humans. The reasons wanting to explain why I am who I am isn't to entertain you, but it's to embrace the person beneath us all.

1. Personalities

Everybody is defined in their own way. I am defined within my personality. I am wild, but exciting. I have an open mind, but a warm heart. I know how to love, but be serious too. I am okay with my traits because this is how I grew up becoming. I grew up with struggles and challenges; don’t we all? Overall, your personality is what makes you, you.

2. Having Energy

Without energy you can be sadder, than happy. I am full of energy. I am always making others so excited that they will want to get up off their feet all the time. I think of it this way, why be so down all the time when life is just too short? Living your life, full of happiness, and excitement will keep you moving forward.

3. Making Your Own Decisions

While being you, decisions come into your way. You make decisions on what next step in life you are going to take. Whether getting a new car, or move away from home is a good idea or not. Either way, without a support system, you will be sitting right where you started. That’s when the person you are comes in. You use your skills, talents, and personality to understand if that decision is going to be okay for you or not. I make decisions off my likes and dislikes, others may be different.

4. Your Body Is Beautiful

You were given this body to love, and to embrace. Just because social media tells you otherwise doesn't mean you can't show the true you. We all need to love our bodies, they are all sorts of different shapes, sizes, and colors to show our true beauty. Our bodies help us understand the person we are, and that's amazing.

5. This Life Is Yours For A Reason

Everybody is given a specific life but making it your own is going to shape who you are. You become the person you are by learning and understanding the life you were given. You make your own decisions, you make your own traits, and skills, you are the one who makes your life the way it is.

If you don't learn the life you were given, then how will you ever be okay with the life you are given?

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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