In order to change your life, it requires organizing and a lot of change. When you are trying to make a difference in who you are, you may find that you are not being true to yourself. Sometimes, we can find that we've been betraying who we really are, by hanging around with the wrong people and conforming to the wrong role. But what does it really take to be true to yourself? How do we embrace who we are and get back to ourselves?
What Does It Take To Be True to Yourself When You’re Friends With the “Wrong” People?: 3 Top Tips
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In college, I was in a sorority for a couple of years. I followed the rules, lived in the sorority house and hung out in sorority/fraternity “cliques”. When my grades started to drop, I realized I had put the sorority first and left the group. It was a hard thing to do (and I got A LOT of flack from the group members over it…one of them even asked me if I was going crazy...LOL!) but it was something I had to do. I decided to be true to myself and my own personal growth and felt I became stronger for doing so.
Read on to learn more tips about being true to yourself.
1- Finding a New Group of People
What Does It Take To Be True to Yourself When You’re Friends With the “Wrong” People?: 3 Top Tips
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It's never easy, especially if we feel that we are too old. But if you are someone who has had geek leanings all this time, and you've tried to push them deep into the pit of your stomach because you don't want to be made fun of by your fashion-conscious friends, is it time to find a new group of people?
The fact of the matter is that if you are slowly becoming more enamored with the ways of RPGs, Warhammer, and you find yourself purchasing items from sites like skullsplitterdice.com, you shouldn't go against this instinct. Ultimately, you're being true to yourself, even if it's something that you consider to be a bit strange. But if you are someone who is slowly beginning to embrace their geek sensibilities, there are plenty of people that have felt ostracized because of this life choice but have found each other.
2- Are You Getting Everything You Can Out of Your Current Life?
What Does It Take To Be True to Yourself When You’re Friends With the “Wrong” People?: 3 Top Tips
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We have certain groups of friends because we have fallen into a particular pattern. After a while, we take these people for granted, and they take us for granted. This means that we fall into patterns, and we find that there are people in our lives who we see all the time, but we may not consider being close friends. You have to ask yourself if they are making you happier.
This birchbox.com site article shows six reasons friends make you happier, and if you have a group of friends that make you feel like a lesser person, are these people worth keeping in your life? Your friends, your job, and your relationships are the key things to keep you happy in your life. If you're not getting everything you can out of your current life, yet you have a great relationship and you love your job, you may need to reassess the “friends” piece of the puzzle.
3- Check-in With Yourself
What Does It Take To Be True to Yourself When You’re Friends With the “Wrong” People?: 3 Top Tips
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Being true to ourselves requires a lot of effort. Ultimately, we are changing our thought processes. Sometimes, we get these epiphanies that we've been hanging around with the wrong people in our lives, or we've been doing something that has not been true to our spirit. And the only thing we can really do if we feel ourselves going back into old habits is to check in with ourselves.
If we're not happy with who we are, it's because we are betraying ourselves to an extent. When we hang around with the wrong people in life, we fall into patterns, and before we know it, 25 years have passed, and we've spent a lot of effort on people who have not reciprocated it. In order to actually get the most out of life, we must stay true to ourselves.
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