some entries have been taken from various diaries of mine
People, myself included, are hung up on other people's opinions of them. What we wear, where we go, who we are with is all an attempt to get people to think good things about us and to fit in but we shouldn't care, we should just be ourselves. Like the girl with the bright blue hair or the guy with the mohawk. Society has made us drift away from our individual selves and form 'in' and 'out' groups, trends, and if someone stands out it's because they want attention or want to make a statement, well maybe they just want to be themself and for no other reason they do what they do. We avoid wearing grungy clothes in public because what will people think, but really will they think anything? Sometime yes, for the ten seconds you are in their sight they might notice your clothing, but once you are gone so is their focus, their thoughts about you. An hour later no on is going to be saying 'Oh, my God, did you see what she was wearing?' They'll already have moved on to bigger and better things than your fashion faux pas.
I need to remember this. Whenever I have a presentation I worry what they will think, but when I am done their focus and thoughts are away from me already forgetting if I stumbled over a word or sounded nervous. I just worry too much about a lot of things, I need to work on that