How important is popularity to you and how do you act on that?

If you see a group of people who are always mentioned and noticed by everybody, are you saddened if you aren’t included?

Do you think that it is a fault in others that you aren’t noticed, or do you study why some people are well-liked and try to change yourself to emulate them?

I’m not talking about going along with crowd-think. I’m talking about personal growth. I’ve always been a background person. Liked on individual bases but never a crowd shout-out. I had to decide if my visibility mattered to me, and if it did, how I could change my profile to be one that was seen.

I realized that I don’t get an “atta girl” merely for existing. I have to work at it, if that is what I want.

What do you do to raise people’s awareness of your existence? What would you never do? How important is it for you to be recognized?