There is no “RIGHT” way to live

I had this realization a while ago but was just recently reminded of it.

Life is not that serious.

The decisions and choices we make in this life at times feel daunting even life or death but in reality most decisions and choices we make or are forced to make in this life are not life or death they are just part of out own little “choose your adventure” game.

I have always put so much pressure on myself, as most all of us do, to make the “right” decisions or to make the “right” choices when it honestly doesn’t matter that much. At the end of the day most of the choices we make we will not even remember (neither will others).

I like to think about life as a game…it takes the pressure off. There is no “right” way to live. All of us are different and that is what makes life interesting. We are all forging our own paths.

It reminds me of a saying I saw somewhere. Honestly I can’t remember where I first saw or heard it but it goes, “Don’t take advice from those living a life you wouldn’t choose for yourself.” I love it. I think it perfectly sums up my teenage years. I wanted so badly to be what others found “acceptable” that I took advice from those whose lives I look back at and know I would not and do not want to emulate. Not because their lives are bad they are just not what I want for myself.

If I could go back and tell my younger self one thing it would be that one sentence. I think it would change her life…my life. It has changed my life.

Remember, even though it may not seem like it, this life is all our first. None of us know that the hell we are doing. And I don’t think we are supposed to.