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Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.

I aspired to be extremely sophisticated.

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

I became what I wanted to be.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.