Here are some of my rules for non-conformity. I am primarily a non-conformist, who tries to conform, and then gets tired of it. At the back of my mind, I’ve always had the fear of losing much just from not fitting in. But fitting in was not in me.
I’m glad I found a place for myself, by not conforming to what is popular, to cliques, to overly simple things. I have found pockets of friends in different areas of interest. They are all different from each other but I appreciate them all. They share a part of me that’s unique that’s not popular but is authentic.
I’ve also gained success by not conforming. By not conforming, I set up a college newsletter by myself. I started new things that others hated me for, but ended up using because it was too good. I give away credit. I don’t hoard the limelight. I don’t burn bridges, but many don’t visit. The people who do are friends. Chalk it up to experience, and it’s worth a story. Nothing is lost at all.
Most of my successes are owed to these rules that I’ve lived by. It’s quite like a game that I’ve played since I was a kid. It still stands today.
- Observe the world
- Make up your own rules
- Generate good ideas, and implement them
- Don’t believe everything people say
- Don’t be afraid to object and have reasons for it
- Find the useless in TV, then give TV up for good
- Repeat for radio
- Control consumption of propaganda
- Practice what you preach
- Read stuff that’s world changing
- Write stuff that’s world changing
- Everyone is different, some look the same
- Forgive
- Rinse and repeat
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