For some people, it is drinking or smoking or maybe spending a little too much money, but for me, it is apologizing. My worst habit is the word "sorry." I throw it around just as much as 13-year-olds throw around the word "love." My friends never tell me to stop biting my nails or touching my hair, they always tell me to stop apologizing for everything. I have decided to listen, and I think you should, too.

Recently in my marketing class, we have been discussing the ideas of supply and demand and how inflation affects the value of money. The more money that is in circulation, the less value each dollar has. What if I were to tell you that apologies follow the same basic rules of economics?

The more you speak the word "sorry" the less value it begins to have. If I apologize 50 times a day when it doesn't matter, how much is my "I'm sorry" going to mean when I need it to matter the most?

I've decided on a wonderful alternative to all the unnecessary apologies we utter every day. Instead of apologizing when your friend is having a bad day, be encouraging. Hello, their world does not revolve around you and your apology for their crappy day is not helping a gosh durn thing. How about a hug and a piece of chocolate instead? That is how you help on bad days (at least my bad days). Save your apologies for when they matter.

One last, very important person you should stop apologizing for is yourself. Take a deep breath and say it with me:

"I am human."

If there is one thing I have learned in my time as a (kind of) adult, it is to stop apologizing for being human.

Next time you get the answer wrong in class or forget to text someone back because you were too busy living in the real world for a few hours, save your "sorry".

Bite your tongue, keep the value of the apology high, and never ever apologize for things out of your control, like being a human being.