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In order to be yourself, you first have to become yourself.
What do you mean by yourself? If you are talking about your body, of course in order to be yourself, first you must have a suitable environment and food for it. You also need a place to live and enough comfort so that the chances of illness or injury would be minimised as much as possible. This is what I call being comfortable with oneself.
On the other hand, if you are referring to your mind and personality, then in order to become yourself first of all you must know what your potential is. Then make a decision on whether or not that potential will be realised. Then of course it comes down to how much effort you are willing to put into fulfilling that potential.
For things such as hobbies you must first be aware of what your interests are. Then decide whether those interests will lead to a fulfilling career, and then put in the effort needed to get that career.
From what I see, most people who are lost in life don't know what they want to achieve. They either have no potential or their interests won't lead to a fulfilling career.
So then they decide to become someone else. The idea is that if you change who you are, you will change the direction your life takes.
I think that this is a mistake. Becoming someone else requires effort, and much of that effort comes from repressing who you really are. This results in a loss of energy which could have gone somewhere more productive.