More often than not, I am confronted with people who doubt me, who disagree with my choices, who judge me because they do not understand. Well guess what, I DO NOT CARE!

I am free to live my life any which way I choose. It is not like I am hateful or rude. I am only learning and trying to become myself.

I no longer feel the need to please people in my life. My choices are mine to make and I do not need to defend myself to anybody. The point of life is to grow and learn and change. And that is exactly what I am doing.

At this point, the negativity is only driving me to do more, to work harder, to want to achieve more. So keep whispering behind my back. Keep giving me dirty looks when I walk by. It just adds fuel to my fire.

I know that at 20 years old, I am going to make mistakes. We all do it. So why is it that everybody has to jump on that and make things even harder?

I am allowed to make the choices I want to make, love who I want to love, and say that I have had enough, when I have truly had enough. No person is going to bully or belittle me into staying somewhere that I do not belong.

I am so sick of living in a society where I am judged for working hard to get what I want, and getting rid of what is negative in my life. Again, I am under no obligation to make others agree with my choices at this point.

One day, when I am where I want to be, I will look back at these moments and laugh at how petty some people can be.

So, to my haters, to the people who feel the need to judge me, piss off. I do not need you.

I leave you with this;

In the words of Taylor Swift, "haters gonna hate hate hate, but I'm just gonna shake shake shake, shake it off."

xoxo

Skylar