Sometimes I forget that I’m able to just do things I want to do, even if they don’t necessarily follow social conventions.
For example, tonight I wanted a taco for dinner and a piece of cake for dessert. I was getting stressed because I really wanted to eat the cake right then, but I wasn’t hungry enough to eat the taco yet. I was considering going ahead and eating the taco despite not being hungry just so I could eat the cake, when I remembered that I can just eat the piece of cake without eating the taco first. I got so caught up in the convention of “dessert after dinner” that I was going to make eating a wonderful taco a chore.
It seems really obvious in hindsight, but I feel like it’s very easy to get caught up in that kind of thinking. It’s important to remember that you don’t always have to do things the way they’re “usually” done if it makes you happy.