Attitudes Over Facts

Want to know the key to maintaining healthy relationships? HIDE YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU’VE BEEN DRINKING. I’m telling you, it works wonders. DK.

When all is said and done, more is always said than done. - Drizzy spits that real.

If you fuck up (and you will), don’t tear yourself to emotional shreds for longer than is necessary. It is okay to be upset. It is okay to regret. But have your moment and be done with it. When you commit a crime, you are judged once. You serve one sentence. Our mistakes undoubtedly have consequences, but pay your debt and move forward. Some of you have sentenced yourselves to life in prison for a parking ticket. Think about it. 

- DropKnowledge

Don’t walk through life expecting everyone you encounter to treat you with respect or to be honest with you. Humans are fundamentally flawed by nature. Enjoy the people who treat you right, dismiss the ones who don’t, and occasionally forgive both. I have wronged others. You have wronged others. We are perfectly imperfect. So the next time someone you know says or does something you deem to be pretty shitty, be sure to grab a few extra blankets. It could get a little cold at night once there’s a giant hole in your glass house. Until next time, kiddies. 

TIME.

Before I blast off, I’d just like to say that watching the sun rise while the rest of the world sleeps is easily one of the more underrated things in life..

…Anyway, down to the good stuff.

It’s a funny word, TIME…The dictionary defines time as an “indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.” Sounds pretty complicated. To me, time is simply one thing - the single biggest deterrent to productive youthful decision-making. When we are young and naive, time fucks our minds into placing endless amounts of value on hopeless situations, particularly relationships and flailing pipe dreams. We hold on to things and people and places that, in reality, we should have dumped a long time ago. It holds us back and clouds our judgement.

Memories fill our heads with re-runs of the good times, and instantly, a part of us thinks “I’ve been at this for so long. Maybe if I hold on just a little bit longer…” JUST STOP. It is at that point that you must look in the mirror, be honest with yourself, and realize that IT’S OVER. Things are NEVER going back to the way they were. Our emotions are tricky little fuckers. They distort our realities and fool us into mentally reliving the great joys of our past while we presently saunter through a shitty situation. It’s like your body is in 2011, but your head and your heart are stuck somewhere over the rainbow, when times were good. GET REAL.

I’m not perfect, nor do I intend to be. People fuck up, shit happens, and life goes on. I know about the things I’m typing because I went through them. I lived them. I learned from them. It would’ve been nice to have someone kick me this reality check years ago, but that’s just how it goes sometimes. Although there’s definitely something to be said for not always learning the hard way. To avoid mistakes by studying the mistakes of others. Too often in difficult situations, people shun great advice. Somebody they know tries to tell them what to do or how to act. But they almost never listen. Instead they make rash decisions, act out of character, and some time later, they realize that the situation turned out just like the person said it would. They say things like “If I knew then what I know now..” Guess what, buddy, YOU DID. You just chose to ignore it. The answers are all around us, in the experiences of people in our lives. So don’t be stubborn. You think you’re different. You’re not. You think your story is different. It’s not. EVERYONE knows what it’s like to want something, but not be able to have it. There’s nothing special about that.

I’ll be honest, I rambled on for far longer than I intended to. I had to get that one off my chest though. I’m just saying, if something in your life isn’t working out, don’t hold on to it for the sake of time. Time means nothing. Effectiveness means everything. Until next time, my friends. PEACE.