non-conformity

The last two years of high school was also the time that I met friends from the next town over who referred to themselves as non-conformists. Even amongst these so called non-conformists I didn’t feel like I fit in. But they did help me to stop worrying about trying to be popular and as a result I actually found myself rebelling against my peers by being as different from them as possible. This included becoming a vegetarian. I have been vegetarian since then, but my reasons have evolved over the years.