The Art Of Doing You
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The Art Of Doing You

Because nobody else can be you better.

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The Art Of Doing You
Kimberly Rodriguez

I don't know about you, but I love when other people give me their input on my life. It really makes my day. Because they know everything that’s going on right? They know what’s best for you right? It really gets me when people think it is okay to tell you how you should be living your life. What they fail to realize is that it’s your life not theirs.

For reasons I don't care to find out, this summer has been flooded with people telling me what to do when it is not their place to do so. Those people can thank my parents and the way I was raised for my not giving them a piece of my mind but only smiling politely.

Can we talk about these people for a second? Because not all nosey people are created equally. Some of these people are our family members and close friends who’s opinions we value and are strongly considered in the decisions we make. But others are mere “followers” that we accepted because we had 47 mutual friends. Or people that used to be apart of our every day lives but somehow drifted apart and think they are still entitled to an opinion in our lives. Either way I wish there was somehow a button we could press that would shut them up.

Until that day comes I can only leave you with advice that works for me. Ignore them. They don’t know anything. They might know what you share of yourself on social media but their knowledge of your lives ends there. Their opinion doesn't matter. At the end of the day you have to make sure with absolute certainty that whatever you decide to do will be what you wanted to do simply because you wanted to do it. That’s enough of a reason, because you wanted to. Afterwards you owe not a soul an explanation for your decisions or a step by step breakdown of why.

Do you. One day you’ll have kids and a spouse and a real career and you’ll have to do things you don't want to do, like wash poop of a baby’s back and you won’t be able to put yourself first anymore. You must enjoy the days of putting yourself as priority number one while you still can. That includes listening to yourself before listening to others’ opinions of what you should be doing. I hope you are happy. I hope you are brave.

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