Yāknow whatās absolutely batshit crazy?
The realization that you are your own human being.
I was raised in a strict household. No peircings, no makeup, no tattoos, nothing cropped or see through, no being friends with boys unless they were your cousins, no going to the movies, no dancing, no saying āshut upā or āstupidā, 100% obedience to your elders.
I was very sheltered
Now Iām moving out and becoming an āadultā and the sheer potential is overwhelming. Iāll be moving thousands of miles away, so no going home every night.
I can get my ears pierced, not my nose or eyebrow, my fucking ears. I can wear makeup! Not the shitty ānatural lookā but actual bright red lipstick! (Thereās a whole story behind that). I CAN WEAR CROP TOPS!
And itās not just the freedom to express myself in a non-modest fashion. Iām beginning to realize that if my parents donāt like that I dyed my hair pink, theyāll have to just deal with it! I donāt have to live MY life by pleasing others. Iāll live my life the way I want and let others fit themselves into it.
I have lived the last 18 years of my life making others happy, now itās time to make myself happy.
Fuck being a people pleaser















