Reflection+on+the+need+to+be+some

In America, to avoid getting lost in the crowd and being a nobody, everywhere has to create themselves and make a name for themselves in order to become a somebody. We read books and buy clothes with huge logos in order to identify with someone, some group of people, even if it is not our true self. We also often mistake famous for accomplished. Many people know Snooki around the globe, but does that really mean that she is an accomplished person? In my opinion she has not accomplished anything that has truly helped the world, and instead of focusing on her and her process of becoming someone, we should focus on truly accepting ourselves. We become who we are through the experiences that shape us and throughout our lives we continue to become somebody. No one wants to look back on their lives and realize that all the things that they did were not truly "them", so we should focus more on developing ourselves by looking inward and not measuring ourselves to society's distorted standards.

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