I'm naked right now #YOLO

Here comes a rant..sorry

While I may not be naked RIGHT NOW, I tend to spend a fair amount of time around my dorm shirtless, or on a good day (if i visited the gym maybe?) in my underwear. And honestly, I don't think that's all that weird. One of my roommates does the same thing..shirtless at least...and I've seen probably half the people on my floor without a shirt on at one point or another. Recently, my end-of-the-night-tooth-brushing has been happening around the same time as my suit-mate. As it is midnight, I am usually in what I wear to bed, which does not include a shirt. Last week, as I go out to brush my teeth, shirtless, I happen to glance to the side and notice that my suit-mate appears to be putting on a shirt, to then come outside and brush his teeth.

Now I am going to make some generalizations/assumptions. One, my suit-mate is not allergic to air, or that there was some other reason outside of self-consciousness to wear a shirt to brushing his teeth. Two, that he is not SO homophobic to assume that if he is next to me shirtless I will try to jump his bones. And three, I'll admit that he is not in the best shape. ****BUT I have seen people, in this building, in worse shape than he is in, and vastly more naked in more public areas. So with all of those accounted for, I think that it just comes down to comfort. What are you comfortable with the people around you knowing?

So in most things you do, from your internet life to your relationships with your grandparents, you have to choose how much you are willing to share. And the same goes for your body. Sharing a lot can be seen as "showing too much," or being cocky, but there is a healthy spot where you can share enough that its subtly-sexy, and still confident. This "confident-sexy spot" (a self-coined term), in my opinion, is the same for everyone. Regardless of how you look, the amount you show, to seem confident and sexual but not seem overly egotistical (or in some people's case, too confident about something you shouldn't be so confident about), is the same.

So what's the point? Reaching this "confident-sexy spot" probably gives you a boost in most people's minds. I'd give anyone who is confident in what they have an extra 2 points.

Now here are some made up figures:

-People who are confident are 10,000x more likely to become president
-If you don't wear a shirt to bed one night, the next day, you will get asked out

But in all seriousness, be confident in yourself. Even if you aren't perfect (based on the assumption that both Ryan Reynolds and Natalie Portman do not read my blog, you are not perfect), I guarantee that you will benefit. And if you can't be confident, FAKE IT. Other people will believe it, and you'll probably get a little bit closer to as well. And anyway, YOLO.

xoxo,
Sean Jesse Parker