BY JULIE CHEN
Last week our theatre class put on a school wide production
of Dr. Seuss’ Oh the Places You’ll Go!
as sort of a closing ceremony for the school year. Of course, any story mildly
related to Dr. Seuss calls for ridiculous clothing, and let’s just say that our
drama teacher wasted no time in helping us pick out hideous neon onesies.
All of our lighthearted complaining was cute until one guy said he was not going to perform because the onesie
was putting his dignity at stake. He wasn’t kidding.
I silently laughed in my head because it wasn’t until then I
realized how pointlessly self-conscious we are about so many foolish things.
And who can blame my classmate? Think of all the times you were really
self-conscious about a huge pimple, or eating loud chips, or tripping over a
word during a presentation only to find out later that nobody had even noticed.
We carry our egos so high above our heads we tend to forget that there is not a perpetual spotlight shining upon us. In fact, everyone is usually so busy
minding his or her own business it’s impressive that we can pay attention
during human interaction at all, let alone take the time to notice each and
every detail about each other.
Whenever you are feeling extremely self-conscious, just try
recalling what your best friend was wearing yesterday.
I assure you you’ll probably have a hard time, and it's not because you are not a good friend. The point is, take comfort
in the fact that nobody really makes the effort to sweat the small stuff. If you can’t help feeling embarrassed, give your emotions some
space and mentally move on. Convert all that unnecessary insecurity and
negativity into paying attention to the next person you come across and hey,
you just might notice how pointlessly self-conscious they are about the small
things too.
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