Never try to become Another, Be Yourself

I’ve seen people try single-heartedly to become who they are not and they somehow succeed. And, here I am puzzling around the reasons for failing at it perennially.

My journey to becoming Another began since the time I was thirteen and it culminated exactly after thirteen years when I turned twenty-six after I realized to write “Every Girl’s Untold Story”, my debut novel.

Honestly, I don’t even remember how many times I failed, but I do remember that one moment of reverence when I realized I never want to be “Another”. I love who I am and it is the only thing that makes my soul happy.

I would like to bring a few instances to light from this sole experience of trying to become another and how I failed every time.

Maybe all these encounters from my past improve somebody’s present. I know chances are tiny, but then even a tiny hope of light can illuminate the surroundings, right.

When I was thirteen, I wanted to become a doctor just like my father is. Yes, I wanted to be “Another”. Little did I consider what I was actually good at. Even a drop of blood makes me sick and I was aiming to dive in the pool of blood.

When I turned fifteen, I finally gave up on learning to cut frogs and rats in the biology lab. There began one more journey to become “Another”. I now wanted to be like my favorite cousin and hence, I opted mathematics as my core subject and began dreaming to be an IITian.  Of course, I failed again. Though I totally agree it is not everyone’s cup of tea to be in IIT but then that’s the whole point, right? “Trying to be Another.”

After another failure came one more and this time unfortunately or fortunately, I became “Another”. A software engineer with hardly any interest in coding/programming languages.

Well, rest all you already know, how I (Tiya) eventually succeeded, by not becoming “ANOTHER”.

Be who you are, don’t try to become another.

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