Being A Non-Conformist

Like many people today, I am not self-reliant, which causes me to not have the ability to do many things on my own. There are many reasons for this problem. First, I have been brought up in a very specific way by my parents and they have taught me well, but in some ways, I’m starting to become like them and not becoming who I want to be. I, as I am following my parents, am being a conformist, as I am conforming to what my parents what and believe, and Emerson says, “Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.” Another reason is because I, like many people these days, am absorbed by technology and “must” use it to learn about what others are doing; I rely on it to solve my problems instead of just worrying about myself and solving those problems myself.
How can a teenager know if they are likable if they never get the chance to sit with themselves for more than five minutes?” It’s hard for me to be my own person when I rely on other people for their opinion on me instead of my own, which leads me to my last point. My last point is that I am the worst at being my own person because of the way I rely on society’s opinion on me instead of only caring about what I think about