be yourself

thanks to Jessica she's encouraged me more to be myself, instead of copying other people's stuff and adding a small twist to it. so, i'm going to start something. i'm going to start units. every week, i'll write a post on what the unit theme is. so, i'm going to write it today. well, the theme is,

Be yourself, because everyone else is taken

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so, the unit will last four weeks. and see, the header is based off of the theme. so, the first part i'm going to talk about being yourself. 

why i need thisi need to be myself because, i think since he/she has so many followers because he/she does this or that, that means i'll get a lot of followers, well, that's what i think. but that is not the case! no, i need to be myself to have a great blog, but, how do i become myself?
how do i become myself?well, first, i need to ask myself, what blogs do i copy and how? so, i'd write a list out. i'm not going to write out this list in public but, i will write it down. so, i've got it. now, i need to ask myself these questions:

1. what do i copy on these blogs?
2. in order to stop copying, will i need to un-follow the blogs

now, to me, for a few blogs, the answer to the second question is yes sadly. but, also, i need to answer the question for myself, if i stop following certain blogs, will i not or barely look at the blog? for a couple blogs, the answer would be a quivering yes, so, mainly a no because i like the blog so much.

what tools should be in my toolbox?

this part is asking me, what do i need to be myself, what tools or virtues? 

well, i'd need my self-control, definitely. why would i need it? because my self-control will help me make the right decisions in my promise. what other tool will i need? my patience, probably. why my patience though? because i will need my patience to get on that blog in a few weeks. 

i think that's all the tools i'll need? what do you think? do you think i've got enough tools? actually, i don't think so, i think i'll need individuality so i can me without any help from other people's virtues.

individuality

what is individuality? what's your definition? well, the dictionary says that individuality is the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature. but my definition is this:

you need to be yourself because God didn't make you like your best friend. that wasn't His intentions. His intentions were to make different. so, be different, the way God wants you to be.

now, i didn't follow these steps. i didn't want to. i wanted to be like everyone else with there 200 followers! but no, i can't, because that's called plagiarism. so, i will try to be an individual.

find your creativity

what's my creative spot? what am i creative at? well, i can draw goofy pictures and make jewelry. but, my favorite type of creativity, is paint splatters! i'm a succer for paint splatters, like the following,

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see, all of these paint splatter, all of them all over the internet, they speak to me. because they're different. and different is what i want to be.