When I was 10 and about to go into the 4th grade, I moved across the state to a new school, starting with a “clean slate” so-to-speak. So I tried to invent a new me. That “new me” lasted about one week, before I went back to being the “real me”. It’s not easy to pretend to be someone else.
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it is not easy to pretend to be someone else. Anna is providing a great example to just be yourself. I wish we had Hot Mess when I was Anna’s age
I must say I love the message in this comic because, even though it’s not impossible, it sure it’s hard to change yourself. I had several opportunities to try not to be myself, even though they came later then for Anna. My first one, was when I went to college to a city distant from mine where I knew no one. And the other was when I was studying abroad, again, in a distant country where I knew no one.
Luckily, even though I planned in being a better, “cooler” me when I got there, I couldn’t be more than myself and I went through great stuff on both occasions and still have the real friends that you make when you’re yourself.
I’m happy to see this one resonating – I still think you go through that as you get older, whether that attending college, or getting a new job. Sure, you always want to present your best self, but pretending to be someone else for any length of time is tiring and soul-crushing.