new school year, new school me

again, what the title suggests.
i'm going to try and work on being myself in school and not caring about what irrelevant people who aren't even my age say about or think of me. ever since i was 9 i've been getting picked on at school for being 'weird', 'annoying', etc. but why shouldn't i embrace it? why did i waste my tween years worrying about what people think about me? so what if i'm weird or annoying or cringe?
it'll take me a while to actually stop worrying about other's opinions on me, but as time goes on i bet i'll feel more free