<p>Why must you imitate other people’s lifestyles? Do you know what they believe? Do you have any idea what kind of culture they have? How fruitful have they been with their money, if you know? How much do you think they have in the bank? You probably don’t know, but you seem intent on continuing to live that way anyhow. You’ll hurt my friend if you pursue such desires.</p><p>Nature has endowed each of us with a distinct individuality. When you fail to notice your own identity and instead concentrate on someone else’s, you lose part of your own hidden skills. For example, you have a love for writing but aren’t earning enough money from it, but since you observed a friend committing online fraud and getting regular withdrawals you feel enticed to join and cease working on establishing yourself further in writing. You’re denying yourself of your hidden skill.</p><p>What you don’t realize is that the minute you start imitating other people’s lifestyle. You’re implicitly telling God that he made a mistake in making you. God alone knows why he created you and given you certain unique skills that others do not have. So accept who you are and concentrate on doing more with your original self.</p><p>To some extent, we all admit to emulating our role models. You should understand the distinction between imitating and being inspired by someone. You may be inspired by someone who, in turn, instills good ideals in you and motivates you to improve yourself and become better than them. However, imitating someone entails replicating or seeming like that person. This should take you back to the first paragraph of this article. When you comprehend these two concepts, you will be able to learn how to balance them in order to prevent ruining your life.</p><p>Specifically, the first semester of my first year in university. I once made a mistake by striving to imitate a friend’s lifestyle. He generally dresses well for school and wears a perfume that smells nice and lasts a long time. This piqued the interest of girls in him after school. So I asked him one day what the name of the perfume he sprays was, and he told me, so I began to hunt for it. I finally purchased the perfume and felt thrilled. Although Impulsive buying wasn’t my thing but I didn’t mind at that moment.</p><p>After a few weeks, our course representative started pressuring us to buy textbooks since the exam was approaching and I couldn’t afford any. My friend, on the other hand, did not hesitate to purchase. Each textbook cost 6,000 naira(Nigerian currency) and he purchased three. In my brain, I was thinking, “What kind of mistake did I make?” I actually spent my textbook money to buy the perfume, and now I’m out of money. I couldn’t ask him for money since I was attempting to make an impression by copying his lavish lifestyle. This incident taught me a valuable lesson, and I’ve been doing ME ever since.</p><p>However, others may have learned their lessons the hard way by imitating the lives of others, and the results may have been disastrous for them. On the other hand, you don’t have to. If you’re trying to impress your love interest(boyfriend or girlfriend)by adopting an imposter’s way of life, you should probably stop right now. You are on the path to greatness the minute you accept that you are your best self. Never lose sight of the fact that you are, in fact, unique.</p><p><br></p>