Yes, no, maybe

Making decisions is awful. If you are not sure, you are thinking about it the whole time. Me, I’m pretty bad at making a decision. Why? I’m scared, scared of making mistakes. But I learned that making mistakes is a part of growing up and learning how to be you. If I can give you one tip about making decisions: Think about what the consequences will be and what you think is right. Don’t listen to other people! You might regret it. Just think about how your life would be if you made that decision. Don’t worry about making mistakes; they are there to be forgiven and forgotten. 

Life is a movie

Your life is like a movie you are directing yourself. You are the one choosing which way to go and what happens. Who will be a part of the movie or which characters will have a part? That’s all up to you. There are things that happen, but you don’t want them to happen. That’s just how life goes. You can make your own path, but there will be struggle. Don’t forget that you chose your way of life and nothing should stop that. If you really want something, you’ll get there. Believe in yourself and others will believe you too. Don’t give up and stay strong, not for me, but for yourself!

Straight edge?

Last week, I went to the birthday party of a friend. Me being the only one who didn't drink alcohol wasn't new for me. But for others it was ...
Why don't you drink a beer?
Me: Because I don't like it.
But everyone does it, so just do it.
Me: Well, that's just stupid, why would you drink a beer if everyone else did? Then you're just following the rest. I don't drink because I don't like it and I think you can make a lot of fun without.
Then what do you drink?
Me: Just water, I don't drink soda because I don't like it either.
A friend of me said: Wow! So you don't drink?
Me: I don't drink, smoke or do drugs and I don't care about what other people say about that. Like my dad would say: I'm proud about it. ;)
She: OMG! You are straight edge! That's so cool! One of my best friends is straight edge too and she's AWESOME! You guys should be friends!
And I was thinking: I'm I straight edge?? I don't know if this counts or what it means in total.

So I looked it up and I know for sure I'm definitaly not straight edge! Because I'm not a vegetarian or vegan. I kind of like hardcore, but not as much as a real straight edger does. And I don't like punk. I'm not wearing crosses or anything extreme. I'm just a person who has an opinion and I'm not afraid to tell it. I think you should speak out and you should do what you think is right. If you like drinking, that's ok! I'm not going to like you less. Some of my closest friends drink too, some of them a lot, others not that much, but they still are my friends and they respect my opinion.Just say no if when you don’t want to do something, don’t think: “They are going to think I’m boring, stupid, a baby, …” Because when you say you don’t want to, they will think: “Hey, she/he does whatever she/he wants and she/he doesn’t care about what others think, it’s smart! Why shouldn’t I just do that too?”

I’m just proud to say I’m not following the rest, but that I have my own opinion. And nobody has the right to take that away from me!