When I started to look at my reflection for just 5 mins, a lot of questions ran through my mind. Do I look more like my mum, or do I look more like my dad? All these random and weird questions started to pop up. What if I was born with grey eyes, or with a sharper nose, or with thicker eye browns? How would I look like? What if I have a beard, or a smaller nose? What if I were taller, bigger, or just a midget? How would my life be different? But after 2 mins into this experiment, I started to look at the brighter side. I told myself that I am Sean, and nothing could change me; I am an individual—I am who I am, and nothing that I do can change that. I saw many good traits about me, for example having a good straight teeth, and a nice smile. Soon, all that I could see was myself as a whole, and I decided that I was very happy with whom I was.
To be honest looking back at 4 years ago, when I first came to WBAIS, I was individually comparing everyone to myself. Saw what they would wear to school, their style, and how they talked (slang). I thought by following their style, I would get accepted more, and have more friends. But in fact, looking back, I was just a instrument of peer pressure. I did what I did because other people did the same, not because it was what I wanted to do. Now, I do what I want to do, and am not pressured one way or another based on other peoples actions.
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