Growing up is a bitch. Remember when we were younger and all we did was want to be adults? What the fuck were we thinking? I would love to go back and slap that naive little girl in the face with a reality check.
I mean yeah there are a lot of things I enjoy being able to do now; drive a car, stay out until whenever, drink alcohol (legally), have a job that's over minimum wage and being able to avoid things, it's all great. Aside from the awesome shit I can do, there are too many things that are a pain in my ass and could do without. At least once a day I'm saying to myself, "I don't want to be adult." I whine, go home for the night, hide under my covers, and hope I'll wake up the next morning as a child again. It hasn't happened yet. Here are a list of things that I guarantee you will have to deal with half of if not all at some point. Let's all have a good cry together afterwards. 1. Paying for your own food 2. Applying for credit cards 3. Filling up your gas tank every week 4. Paying off school loans, for the rest of your life 5. Apartment/house hunting 6. Finding one you can actually afford without starving 7. Car payments 8. Don't forget the insurance 9. Phone bills, maybe I can go without my phone? 10. Working 40/40+ hours a week to pay the bills, while wishing you were doing anything else 11. Cleaning 12. Laundry 13. Cooking, where do we find the time? 14. Applying for loans because you can't afford anything 15. Watching while someone else just seems to have all the time and money you don't have 16. Clipping coupons and planning your life around those Cry circle anybody?
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Having a social life is great, don't get me wrong, but there's a point in life where you need to realize it's ok to spend time alone. When you're younger, life is all about being popular and having friends; if you spend a Friday night in watching movies, you were a loser. I always thought, why can't I just spend tonight with me? Why is that looked down on? As I grow and society has certainly changed, this is much more acceptable. How many people do you know spending their night with their bestie Netflix or just being independent and doing something on their own? It's so much more common. I don't suggest becoming a hermit and losing touch with everyone you know, but if you're somebody living a busy life with plans on plans, give yourself a night to spend with you. You'll find it relaxing. I cherish my alone time and sometimes prefer it to being out. I have a pretty good time with myself, not bragging. This time keeps me sane, let's me do whatever I wanna do, on my time. It's awesome. It's nice to not have your phone buzzing every few minutes too. Back away from social media, let a few texts go, disconnect from the world and have your time. You deserve it! Unwind and recharge with this time for yourself. Learn something about yourself or turn off your mind altogether. Being alone is a perfectly normal thing and no one should be judged for it. We don't like those judges here, be yourself with no worries! I'm gonna start this off with I had already written out a few paragraphs, and my app quit on me, losing all my work. Bad luck? I think so. Let's try again. I believe in a lot of things until proven wrong; ghosts, a higher power, unicorns. Karma, not that I have proven it right, but I've seen to be right. I don't wanna hear how it's just coincidence, bill shit. What goes around comes around. You've heard it your whole life. You do wrong, wrong comes unto you. The universe doesn't let bad deeds just go. You better believe you are paying for your wrong doings. Karma is a punishment and reward all in one. It's the silent revenge, sweet revenge. You can just sit back and watch as karma does her thing and you're rewarded. What an awesome thing to believe in. Bad luck, the yes it's real/no it's not famous topic. It proves to be real time and time again for me. Today I have dropped a bowl of milk and cereal on the floor, worked on the most beautiful day, and lost my blog post. Could just be Monday though. Bad luck strikes whenever it wants and to good people. You could have done no wrong and boom, your life sucks for the week. It's there. Bad luck lurks around waiting to strike. Theory, karma is God and bad luck is satan. Karma looking out for everyone, being like everyone gets what they deserve, good or bad. Bad luck being a dick like (evil laugh) shitty day for you, shitty day for you too! Have I swayed your opinion yet? Karma's looking pretty real isn't she? Bad luck, he's looking existent too. Think before you try and mess up someone's day next time. Also, remember you could just wake up to a shitty day. Karma. Bad luck. Life. Texts, phone calls, and emails are typically how you communicate with someone if you cannot, or don't want to, have a conversation in person. There is one way of communicating we lost track of as we grew up; AIM. Oh do you remember the days? Coming home from school and removing your away message, or changing it because you had homework..gross. You would be online, IMing your best friend, your boyfriend, a crush, or those annoying people who had your name and you couldn't avoid. Now we're grown up, only using our phones for communication, because we don't have the time to sit on a computer and constantly chat with someone. AIM became a thing in our past, or is it even anyone's present anymore? Regardless, AIM was a part of our teenage years and we'll always remember it. Here's to the memories and unchanged AIM profiles. 1. When your AIM profile was filled with your favorite song lyrics, even if they didn't pertain to your life. "Don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans." No, no no no. 2. You updated your away message, so everyone knew where and what you were doing. 3. 'I love you boyfriend' was added to the away message so everyone knew he was yours, in case they missed your profile. 4. Comic sans was the best font. 5. It was not ok if you left the computer without either an away message or a "brb." Who do you think you are? 6. If you weren't idle and weren't answering, we had problems. 7. Your screen name was awesome, but then you changed it because it was lame, several times. 8. In order for people to know you changed it, you linked the new and old. 9. Emojis didn't exist but you found 20 ways to make a smiley face :) =] 10. Your font colors changed daily, probably as often as your clothes. 11. There wasn't screen shotting, so copy and pasting left a mess when trying to share conversations. 12. You wanted to listen to music, but not the AIM dinging, but also didn't just turn that off. Life was a struggle. 13. When you put up away messages, you'd always say something like "leave a message," thinking more people would. 14. When you got a cell phone, you better believe your number was up for everyone to see. Although, no one used it. 15. There were always those people who IMed you everyday, about nothing, and you wanted to block them but you're too nice. AIM was the shit back then, let the memory live on. Well gtg. I'll be back later, have adult things to do. Leave me messages (: <3 Sorry, not sorry may be a phrase I don't really care to hear, but it's definitely a phrase you should live by. Apologizing is something we do on what seems like a daily basis. Actually meaning we are sorry is not often a fact. We as humans have this instinct to apologize whether we mean it or not. How many times do you say you're sorry just to avoid the situation? Maybe you just want to end a fight? You know someone wants to hear it, so you say it anyway? As instinctive as it is, we should NEVER, ever apologize for something we do not feel remorse for. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "I'm sorry" and could actually tell the person did not mean it. Not meaning it is so much worse than not hearing an apology in my book. Why should you apologize? If you've done or said something and think, "Damn I really shouldn't have done that," then apologize and move on. If you're in a situation where you're in a fight but feel you did nothing wrong, do NOT say you're sorry and not mean it. I'm not afraid to call people out for an emotionless apology. I'd rather confront what's going on and if need be, agree to disagree. Don't ever feel you need to be the peace maker, unless you honestly want to be, and say sorry just for fun. If you want to stand your ground, don't apologize and proceed with the conversation. Sorry, I'm not sorry for my outlook (: |
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