As a 16 year-old New Yorker, I arrived in Utah in 1990I was set to enter Hillcrest High as a Sophmore with no friends and a strong Upstate New York accent.
So I quickly devised a plan to make friends: buy Girbaud jeans.
My thinking was simple. The $65 designer Girbaud jeans would make me look cool and friends would flock to me.
So my amazing Mom bought me three pairs at $65 apiece!!!
It didn't work.
The jeans were a mask. I needed to become someone of substance not merely look good on the outside.I did make many friends over my three years at Hillcrest High, but it wasn't because of the jeans.
I became interested in others. I asked many girls on dates. I tried to treat everyone with respect. I got involved in FBLA.
I became a good friend instead of merely trusting in cool clothes.
It turns out that substance is better than a mask.
Who you are is better than what you have or even what you do.
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