Charismatic

There have been quite a few times in my life that people have told me : "XXX is important, and you might not like it or think it's worth it now, but you will in the future". Or some other opinion or piece of advice along similar lines.  I remember distinctly that I did not want to be a school prefect. Firstly it was too much extra responsibility (yea, I was Miss live-and-let-live). Secondly, prefects were generally disliked by around 50% of the student population because they were 'police', and honestly, who likes being 'policed'? And I was a people pleaser, so why set yourself up to be somewhat hated by half the school? Thirdly, the prefect's uniform for females was ugly. It made me look short and wide. This was actually an important thing to me. My mom thought this reason for avoiding prefect-ship was quite ridiculous and shallow. And that I would think so too when I was older. Well,  I became a prefect. But in all honesty, I don't think the...