Everyone has fallen down at one time or another not just physically but emotionally. And picking yourself back up again is, unfortunately, easier said than done.

Today’s society is so judgmental and I hate it. There is so much pressure on being the “perfect” person and once you don’t fit those characteristics, you begin to feel like a disappointment. Whether there is a specific person or group of people that you feel like you've disappointed, I’m here to tell you that it’s time to pick yourself back up.

According to Webster Dictionary, disappoint means "to fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of." In other words, when we set ourselves up to hope for something and that hope isn’t met, we get disappointed. Don’t dwell about whether you are living up to societies “standards,” it’s time to live up to what YOU want. Do what YOU need. Be YOUR happy.

I can’t tell you how many times I have felt that I am such a disappointment to my parents, friends and family. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article called Don’t Judge Somebody By The Ink on Their Skin, which got a long of responses that were either good or was a backlash on to me. Not many people knew about my two tattoos, nor did my parents. My parents thought I only had one, after the article was published, I felt as if my parents were ashamed and disappointed in me because I have two, not loved because of what they mean to ME. Over the past few weeks, I have thought about it every day and I have finally come to the conclusion that it’s time to do things that make ME happy, and not think so much about what everyone else thinks of me.

It doesn’t matter what you do, there will always be something that will happen that will make you feel like you are a disappointment or that you have disappointed them in some way. Learning to deal with disappointment is part of a fulfilling life. Disappointment is natural and normal, and everyone will experience it to some extent in their life because our expectations often don’t align with what actually happens. Disappointments can be quite painful, but you have to find a healthy way to deal with it.

It's time to get off your butt and do something constructive or fun, because life is a limited window of opportunity, and you really don't want to waste your time on what doesn't work. Better to seek out other opportunities or find a positive distraction than dwell on what could have been.

“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you.” -Dr. Seuss