pressure

in class on friday, mr. watson was talking about how he keeps bragging to everyone about how great all our blogs are. a bunch of my classmates, including me, felt pressured. we wanted to make our posts look smart and nice, so when plenty people saw our blogs, we wouldn't appear stupid. basically, we wouldn't be ourselves. mr. watson told us not to do that and not change anything about our blogs. this got me thinking... why do people change so much for other people? because, when you think about it, life is all about changing for other people. when i'm around my mom, i don't drag my slippers on the ground, cause i know she hates that. i'm changing for her. when my friend natalia eats with me, she's making an effort not to smack her lips, cause she knows i hate that. she's changing for me. but, in both these situations, the people change because another person asks them too. what are the other reasons people change? ...the media? ...friends? ...what they're told/what they hear? ...what they see? ...self-conciousness? another question...if all we do in life is change for other people, every time we change... ...don't we become less and less of an individual? em...♥