I've always been the type of person that people love to hate. The one that everyone thinks is up to no good, always causing trouble and never doing anything right. And you know what? I've played into that image, because it's easier than trying to change people's minds.
It started when I was a kid. I was always the one getting into fights, getting sent to the principal's office, and getting blamed for things I didn't even do. And as I got older, it didn't get any better. People just assumed that because of my past behavior, I was always up to no good.
So I just went with it. I stopped trying to prove them wrong, stopped trying to be anything other than what they thought I was. And it worked, to an extent. People stopped expecting me to be anything other than a troublemaker, so I stopped disappointing them.
But the truth is, it's exhausting. It's tiring to constantly be living up to someone else's expectations, to never be able to show people who you truly are. And sometimes, it feels like no matter what I do, people will always see me as the villain.
But I'm not giving up. I'm going to keep pushing forward, keep trying to show people that I'm more than what they think. Maybe one day, they'll see that there's more to me than just my past mistakes.
Until then, I'll keep playing the villain, because that's what people expect of me. But I won't let it define me. I know who I am, and I won't let anyone else's expectations hold me back.
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