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I'm Bringing YOLO Back

Remember like 2011 when "you only live once" was a popular saying, and if you were like me you probably thought it was stupid. Well, now I love it.

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When making decisions in everyday life, I love having the mindset that you only live once. When you're friends ask you to go out with them and have fun, go! You have to live your best and most exciting life every day so you don't miss out on amazing opportunities.

There are so many small decisions to make every day that can make life more interesting. Do you want to go out? Do it! Do you want to try something new? Do it! You want to change your hair do it!

Being scared to make decisions can stop you from having so many experiences. Make decisions that are going to make your life more exciting and more interesting.

There's definitely a point when the mindset of YOLO can be taken too far. I'm just talking about small personal decisions that you are scared to make, not ones that are dangerous or permanent.

We need to be living our most fulfilling lives now because we won't be able to go back and change our decisions in the future. One day we won't be in college anymore. We won't be able to go out whenever we want. We won't get to take part in some of the exciting experiences that are only happening now. So go out and live a great life now!

My goal in life is to never regret saying no to an opportunity that could have brought great memories and fun times. I don't want to be in my old age, wishing I would've gone out with my friends and had fun when I was younger. I want to go enjoy every single moment of my youth while I still have the chance. You only live once, make the best of the life you have.

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