Becoming A Nonconformist

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Changing your feelings, looks, beliefs, and actions to fit in a group is not a great idea but neither is it a bad idea. I say this because your beliefs kind of make you who you are and you get to discover the people you like being around with, but sometimes you don’t have to just find the people you have in common with. Changing yourself for the better is good and in order to really convince yourself to change is to try hanging out with other people and observing how they act and look. Being a conformist could help you get along with most people and you can get tips about things or help from pretty much anybody. There isn’t really any danger to being a nonconformist but you can’t be promised to not have society judgements. While being a nonconformist

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