Why Being a Black Sheep Is Fun

The connotation of being a black sheep is mostly not good. The one who doesn’t belong, fit in, and just making things difficult. But I’m proud to be the black sheep in my life. Yeah, I don’t fit in most places but I also don’t need their validation. I’ve always followed my own path and don’t regret the directions I’ve taken. I’ve definitely had a lot of fun this way.

Being labeled this way also has its perks that most won’t see. Some of the major things that hold people don’t for us.

People Don’t Expect You To Follow

We are a little unpredictable. Even if we don’t go to every family function because we just like doing our own things. Or don’t feel the obligation to go to everything we are invited to. Even with being an introvert, people want me to go to things but no one is surprised if I don’t show up. Even though I really get along with them. With my cousins, I don’t really fit, in that our lifestyles are different, style, and just the things we want. They all have or want children, not for me, but we all still get along.

Even at school, if I didn’t want to do an outing I just didn’t. Even if some friends skipped classes I would still do my homework because it was what I wanted. But when some friends really wanted to study for tests and I felt good about it I would do something else. People just expected it of me.

Failures Are Just Everyday

We are the ones trying new things. The ones that don’t have a problem being the only ones in your group doing it. Even if we are afraid we want to try. Things don’t work out and after doing that over and over the failures don’t bother us as much.

You Get Less Flack For Trying New Things

In the beginning, people were astounded by the things I was doing. To some, it felt like I was doing something different every week. Some people got annoyed by it. But after they saw that I got out of those things that I wanted most of the time, they got used to it. After a while, they were surprised when I wasn’t working on something different yet. People will get use to things when they realize their opinions will not change your mind.