Just be yourself

Why is it so hard for everyone to just be their self these days?? It's like we are always trying to impress everyone that we come in contact with. Us girls can't walk out the house without putting on makeup because we are afraid of what people with think about us. And for guys it's like they have to dress like all their friends and the "cool" kids to just be noticed. For once i just wish we could all just be ourself and not worry about what everyone says. Just have a positive attitude and remember that someone is either looking up to you or looking down at you and wanting the best out of you. So don't be negative just stay positive and just be yourself. No one can get to know you if your not you. And if your wanting to go to college then you have to be yourself because your trying to sell yourself to various institutions. Your not just competing with the kids in your state or city your competing with kids across the US and even across seas. you have to be a good influence instead of a bad one. Someone once told me "maximize your down time", which means make most of your time that you have when your not doing work for school. Pick your friends wisely because they can either give a bad reputation or a good one. If you know what they are going to do is bad then just tell them that you can't or that you don't like that idea and come up with a better one.
There is much more that we can do with our lives and our free time. We just have to be ourself and not let others influence us in a bad way.