Seems like once you hit a certain age and you start doing things on your own, people have more to say about your life than ever before. You begin making decisions based on what you want to do with your life or what you think will be the best outcome for you in the long run. But everyone seems to think they know more about your life than you.

I get the whole “I’m older than you and therefore you should listen to me,” thing, but do you know me? Do you actually know me?

I’m sure if you sat down with the people that want to tell you what to do in your life the most, most of them would not know much about you. Even if you attempt to tell them, they won’t listen. Everyone thinks they know your life and that their opinion is factual. But it’s not.

It’s your life. You’re the one living it. You should not have to follow a timeline set up by everyone but you.

College isn’t for everyone. Being a doctor or a lawyer isn’t everyone’s dream. Sometimes you do find the person you want to marry young or it takes you a while to, but that's okay. You don’t even need to get married or have kids if you don’t want them. There should be no set structure that you have to follow because we are constantly changing. We learn every day, we fall in love with new things all the time, we are all different.

So why does it bother people so much when they see you happy doing what you are doing? Why does it get under their skin that you are not following what everyone else is doing and doing your own thing? Why do people want to structure a life that is not theirs? Is it because they're not happy? Not content that they didn't get to do that? Frustrated that they are stuck living a similar life to everyone in their neighborhood?

I mean, if you are so happy with your life, why are you concerned with what other people are doing with theirs? Focus on yourself.

The best for you, could not be the same best for someone else.