This phrase right here...
is getting me into trouble.
You Only Live Once. YOLO.
It is a great phrase to live by i think, but i also think, "yeah, you only live once and you don't want to live that life full of regret and guilt."
I keep doing things i normally wouldn't do because YOLO pops into my head and i say, "awww yeah! lets do it!"
Pros and cons people, pros and cons.
Pros- I played in an intense softball game and slide into third base, bloody knees.
- Went to a BBQ party by myself knowing hardly anyone at all
- bought a very cool tank-top
- watched a flippin' scary movie
- aced my math test
- went on a date
- took a bath with my dog
- and shaved the side of my head
Cons- well obviously i am going to keep the cons to myself because i'm not sure who all reads this blog and blogging about my mistakes in the past few months would just be embarrassing. but believe, there are some cons to the motto of YOLO.
we do only live once. well, most people believe that- not Buddhists (reincarnation). That is why i don't kill spiders or anything of the sort- it could be my ancestors or other close relatives reincarnated, getting a second chance at life, creeping and crawling with those 8 skinny legs. we don't know. nobody knows, so i don't kill them.
You Only Live Once. so lets say we DO believe this. then what? eat drink and be marry for tomorrow we die? no because tomorrow you die hung over, feeling sick and nauseated dressed in someone else's clothes covered in your own vomit... AND then you die. to me, not a life worth living. YOLO AND no regrets. that is what needs to be underneath this phrase that my cool little sister so kindly taught me that had ruined my life. no it hasn't ruined it, it has enhanced it in many ways. but beware of the double edge sword. be brave, dare to try new things, put yourself out there, take a chance, risk, be vulnerable and real- but be able to walk the next day, have your friends still be your friends, your family proud... bewildered maybe, but proud. or confused. either one. and your grades still adequate in school.
well i'm off to another adventure in the great city of Salt Lake... my goal? to meet 5 new people.
YOLO.
