Control Freak

Hey Reader, how's it going?

Okay, I'm going to say this straight up.  From the mind of a control freak... Don't be a control freak!  There, I said it.  Don't be a control freak.

I know so many people and am one of those people who will try to control whatever I can, however I can, and for as long as I can, but I'm learning to knock that off and just sit back and let life happen.  We like to convince ourselves that we control our lives.  We don't.  Sometimes we convince ourselves that our lives control us.  It doesn't.  The relationship between you and life just isn't that simple.

It's easy and comforting to lay down hard and fast rules for life.  See, I think people have this idea that somehow they know what's best for them and that anything that deviates from that will result in ultimate unhappiness.  Not true!  Don't judge situations, people, anything by its cover.  You have no idea whether or not they could enrich your life in some way, shape, or form.  That guy with the mohawk and lip ring? Yeah he could be your political and musical soulmate, plus he's great with kids.  Have standards by all means! Do not lower your standards, but don't make them impossibly high either.  Just allow for exceptions to your own life rules.  Life is unpredictable and will never follow a set of rules, that's what makes it epic!  Anything could happen!  Don't set your life in stone, but rather something a little more malleable so when life proves you wrong and slams the book down, you're not going to shatter and fall apart, but bend a little bit.

Here are some examples of rules I've not regretted bending or breaking:
1. I will never let anyone coerce me into going on a roller coaster.
2. I will never wear a strapless dress.
3. I will never consider dating anyone who _________. (insert a number of adjectives or verbs)
4. I will never WANT to speak in public.
5. I will never doubt my career choice.
6. I will not stay in bed until 6:30 pm.
7. I will not let someone coerce me into dyeing my hair.
8. I will not let someone influence when I get a tattoo.
9. I will not write a 12 page paper in one day.
10.  I will not act like an idiot in front of George Watsky.
11. I will NEVER take a dance class. (We're doing the Electric Slide today.  Gotta cover those Elementary school dance basics!)

So there.  Bend your own rules.  You never know where life will take you, but at some point you have to let it take you there.

May your life be all things epic and wonderful,

-Megan