Listen, we’re all gonna die some day, so heck with it, just eat the things you like and listen to good music and spend time with the people you like as often as you can. You don’t have to have it all figured out - there kind of isn’t really anything to figure out. The world is still going to keep turning no matter what and somehow you’re gonna keep turning oxygen into carbon dioxide right up until the day you don’t. And in between, some things are gonna happen, and some of them are gonna be good and some of them aren’t, and that’s pretty much how it goes for everybody. You’ll be okay. Promise.
When I was younger, a statement like this would have really upset me because I was very DRIVEN and I had a PURPOSE and I was going to go out there and SUCCEED and honestly...that is exhausting, because life throws a lot of stuff at you and you have control over such a very small percentage of it, and when your Official Plans inevitably butt heads with reality, it can be devastating if your self esteem is based on “things going exactly the way I require them to.”
I’m not saying don’t try...I’m just saying do the best you can for right now, and then let go of the results a little bit. It can be scary admitting you have less control than you’d like...but it can also be really liberating, once you embrace it, because some of the pressure is off your shoulders.
Sometimes Stuff Just Happens, man. It’s okay, have a snack. Try to get some sleep. It’ll be okay. <3
