In everything that you do ask yourself first, is this different from what people are already doing? Is this something that somebody hasn't done? If yes, then go for it and do it! We all have our own unique way of doing things and if people laugh at you for doing the opposite, don't bother to mind them because the moment you do what they do is the moment you lost the distinction between you and them. Go out of your shell and tell them who you are and what you do.