John, Lindsay and David – Thank you all for your replies and sharing your stories! I now realise that perhaps there is no point in waiting for these social labels to go away since currently I am surrounded by people who are taking the other route to life. Like you all said, I should focus more on things that interest me and I would like to do. I am not counting on meeting more like-minded people, but at least my energies will be focused on things that I love and spend less time on trying to fit into places where I don’t belong. Perhaps the sole reason I am letting these labels and ‘fitting-in’ bother me is because I have not given enough space and time to nurture my own life and develop it doing things I want to do rather than what people around me are doing/are ‘supposed’ to do.

And Lindsay, your point about making other’s feel judged is something that never struck me. Perhaps this is true. While giving advice they may feel I am being holier-than-thou and hate me for it. But the fact is, I never mean to judge them. I think it becomes a mutual problem. Sometimes when I talk about the things I believe in, they feel I am judging them and sometimes when they talk about stuff they do, I feel a little pinch in me. Perhaps both sides are equally confused!! But like you all said – one should focus more on oneself. If I am happy and satisfied in my life, perhaps I will stop caring about what others think of me and label me as.