The best advice I’ve ever been given was when I was told to never do things to impress others. One quiet night when I was randomly scrolling through social media, I saw a video of someone telling everyone watching to stop caring what others think and do things for themselves. That really stuck with me. This is a valuable life lesson that could help others change for the better. We just need to start impressing ourselves and be as happy with ourselves like we are with other things.

Ever since I started thinking like this, I realized how happy I’ve been. This advice impacted me because I used to say, do, and wear things that I thought made myself look better or sound “cooler” to others than what I actually am. Being your true self will always be better than faking everything just to fit in. So now as I prepare to move on to high school, I’ll be loving myself more and better able to spread the advice to maybe change someone’s else life.