stop trying to impress others, just let go and LIVE.

had it right.

Sometimes, you just have to “let it be.”

about what other people think. I really need to stop caring. How do I so that? Is there a switch that I can flip in my brain?
I wish it was that easy.

“Take Chances. Tell the truth. Date someone totally wrong for you. Spend all your cash. Fall in love. Get to know someone random. Be random. Say I love you. Sing out loud. Laugh at stupid jokes. Cry. Apologize. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Tell a jerk what you think. Laugh til your stomach hurts and your eyes water. Live life. and most of all…have no regrets.”

—author unknown (to me, anyway)

“I’ve learned that pleasing everyone is impossible. But, pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.”

I don’t care: Three words I must become more familiar with.

I feel like my family has way too high expectations of me. I’m the youngest child, for pete’s sake! My oldest sister, who has a career and teenage children, says I’m more responsible and emotionally stable than her. Ha. At first, I was upset. I ignored the comment because I know what she meant, I’m the youngest (23) I go to school, I have no ‘career’ or ‘family’ therefore, I should be the one to take on all the responsibility in my family. In reality, I think it’s a cop out. She just doesn’t want to step up and take care of my uncle. Yeah, it’s unbelievably hard and heart-wrenching to know that a stroke forever changed the life of our strong and independent uncle. Most days I want to cry, and usually do. But, I’ve come to accept the fact that shit happens, and life isn’t always fair. What do you do? Deal with it. Period. Oh, and in all fairness my second oldest sister practically ran away from the situation. I expected as much. She’s way selfish, that’s no secret to the family. The oldest one is at least trying to try… but, as they say ‘life goes on.’

very hard. I get so caught up with what other people want or need, I lose track of ME. Then I get unhappy, because in the end, living for others is not fulfilling.
My dreams and goals end up taking the sidelines, not anymore :)