All right, guys. In the spirit of summer, I think it is definitely the appropriate time to talk about something I feel strongly about. When people think about the summer time, I think most would say it is a time to chill out and take a breather from life for a few months. My response to that is why limit such a wonderful feeling to only three or four months out of the year?
It seems to me that people tend to take life way to seriously and as a result it makes them act out in angry and aggressive ways. I see it on social media, I see it in my family, I see it in class, and I even see it just walking down the street. Everyone just seems so angry all the time. So this is my PSA to the general public: Chill tf out and don’t take life too seriously!
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a pretty easygoing person. I tend to brush things off instead of getting worked up about them. When it comes to deciding what to do, where to eat, where to go, my answer will almost always be “I don’t really care.” I’ve noticed that, because I tend to just go where the wind takes me, I’ve experienced things that are absolutely incredible (and absolutely awful, but you can’t have one without the other, right?).
I’ve been introduced to some amazing new music, I’ve been to places I never thought I’d ever go, and I’ve met some people that are now a huge part of my life. Having such a mind set has also made me so much happier in life. Instead of getting upset with every small annoying thing that people do, I brush it off and decide to focus on the things that make me happy. I try to focus my attention on the good weather, or the upcoming weekend, or even what food I’m going to eat for dinner (cause, let’s be real, food makes everyone happy).
However, that is not to say that there aren’t things in life that you should take seriously, because there definitely are. It is normal and even okay to have moments where you stress about your job, or you shed a tear for a loved one, or you physically abuse technology because it isn’t working (S/O to my roomie J). But in my experience, I have had a better time handling the things in life that are difficult or sad or just plain annoying because I know it’s not the end of the world and ultimately, it really doesn’t matter.
Everything will turn out all right. You will handle what is stressing you at work and you will make it through the hard time with your family (technology is a little more unpredictable, but I still have faith that will work too). You could also think about it this way: I spent most of my high school career unnecessarily stressing over pointless assignments and taking every AP class because I thought I had to be perfect and in the end, I decided to go to music school. So, there’s that.
