I never have my shit together. Ever. No seriously, e-v-e-r.
I let my deadlines pile up, and the clothes in the side of my room. I can always find what I need because I know exactly which pile what I need is in. I may look like I'm falling apart, but I promise you I know what I'm doing.
But that's OK. It's OK to be messy, and it's perfectly fine to not have your shit together. Being a hot mess is completely appropriate, and here's why:
1. You can still rummage through your organized chaos
The black t-shirt you wore last Tuesday? Floor beside your bed. Credit card? Under the jewelry box on your dresser. Eyebrow pencil? It rolled under your desk after you got ready last night.
You know what? You remember that. You know exactly where what you need is, and on the occasion that you don't, you can still dig through all of the things that are piled up beside your bed on the floor and find what you need (and the insurance card that you lost last week that you've been looking all over for, but that's rare - kinda).
2. You only lose the things that are replaceable
OK, so you lost your favorite t-shirt last week somewhere among the ten other black clothing items that are in your bathroom. You know what? I guarantee you that you have one extremely similar that you bought when you lost that one for the first time.
But the important things you keep out of the way so you don't lose them. They're held to a higher standard among the rest of your possessions, and they don't go missing as compared to everything else.
3. Your notifications piling up on your phone just make you look busy
Any of your organized friends that look at your phone nearly have a heart attack with all of the red numbers that pile up. In my opinion, the more red circles that are on your phone make it look like you actually have a lot going on. You look sophisticated and that you're just too busy to reply to any of the Tinder boys that are hitting you up, or the 14 emails that you haven't checked all day. Trust me - you're doing amazing, sweetie.
4. Messy handwriting means you're smarter
Studies show that the messier the handwriting, the smarter. So while your notebooks are a mess and your agenda looks like a preschooler scribbled all over it, at least you have your times down, and know when (most) of your deadlines are.
Plus, honestly, the scribbling just brings character.
5. If you need something, there's probably one in your car
Tampon? I got you. Phone charger? I got you. Change of clothes? Dude, I got you.
One of the biggest parts of being a hot mess is the fact that things just tend to pile up in your car. While it does make your car messy, at least you know you have the random things that anyone might need. Honestly, ignore the Sheetz bag full of trash that my friend picked up while she was in my car once, but other than that things are fine. Perfectly fine.
6. Being a mess is part of who you are
Look, at the end of the day, where would I be if I wasn't messy? I would be some sort of clean-freak who has their whole life together and their agenda color-coded. Which, maybe that isn't a bad thing, but that isn't who I am.
I'm the girl that can pull whatever you need out of her car, who lost her credit card last night and ripped her room apart to find it, but found it on her bathroom floor this morning. But hey, at the end of the day, this is who I am: a hot mess express that doesn't want to change a thing.
