Why

    I'm not doing it because it's something the cool kids do... "Hey, everybody's going trans!!! Let's do it, too!!!" ... No...
    I'm not doing it because it's a thrill... I used to party quite a bit... No...
    I'm not doing it for attention... "Hey, everyone! Look at ME!!!"... No...
    I'm not doing it for anyone else... I have had a LOT of time to think lately, and I've thought this through... I even watched a video of the GRS...
    I'm not doing it because I want to forget my past... I just want my future to be better...
    I'm not doing it because I had a bad life... I just want life afterwards to be better...
    I'm not doing it because I'm lovelorn... I have a girlfriend...
    I'm not doing it because I have a lot of money lying around... this stuff is EXPEN$IVE!!!
    I'm not doing it because I want life to be easier... It's TOUGH to be trans...
    I'm not doing it because I want to be weird... I've been weird all my life, and that has little to do with me being trans...

    So why the hell am I doing it?!?

    I'm doing it because I want to be comfortable in my own body... This has naught to do with anyone else, nor their bodies...
    I'm doing it because I want an end to the utter hell my existence has been up to this point... without actually ENDING my life.
    I'm doing it because I've always known that I was different from others... and now, I know exactly HOW, and what to DO about it.
    I'm doing it because I've always looked in the mirror and felt a kind of disconnect... like the person I was staring at wasn't really ME...
    I'm doing it because in my mind, and in my heart; I've ALWAYS been a girl... I'm just making my body reflect that.
    I'm doing it because I'm tired of pushing away, and running away from the feelings I've had for most, if not all of my life...
    I'm doing it for myself... And to try to find out exactly WHO that is, and begin to love myself exactly as I am.
    I'm doing it to make the dreams that I've had my whole life REAL; and to drive away the nightmares I've been having my whole life.
    I'm doing it to change my life, and my little corner of the world, for the better.
    I'm doing it... To live... to be happy... to feel like I BELONG in my own body, rather than just finding myself there.

    I'm doing it, because I have to. There is no alternative, no more living as I had.