IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS A TIME:

When people bitched about others having a different life than them. Lately, we have all seen the "articles" of "How to Live in Your 20s," "All the Things You Should do When You're Young," "Don't Get Married Yet, Here's Why," and thanks to Buzzfeed, "Only People from (INSERT STATE HERE) Understand This," but, where the deuces did all of this come from? Could it be, the need to belong and to be confident in our own lives?! Could it be that if someone does something different from the right things that we did in our lives, then all of a sudden, we didn't do the right things?! Could it be that we are afraid of people finding their own happiness?!

Who knows. We don't know the reasonings of these people. In fact, what all of these people forget to mention is that they aren't credible at all. I'm fully aware that I am not credible and that I am just a college student wishing to gain credibility. But to post all of these tips on life when you're not Gandhi is a waste of everyone's time. Because there are no experts on how to live a life. The closest things we have are doctors. And even they don't know everything. You think every doctor has their boating license? NO. Spongebob didn't even get his boating license and the SOB lived under the sea. (Irrelevant, but whatever).

The person you want giving advice is the person who says, "Y'know what, these are the facts, anything other than that is a gamble because it's an opinion." And all of these types of articles I listed are based on personal experience. So, there aren't any facts involved. So if you're getting married at 22 or 65, COOL. I hope it works out. If you're raising a kid even though you aren't married, COOL. I hope they are raised with love. If you don't want to travel and you want to live in the suburbs and work for a makeup company, COOL. I hope your company gives you discounts. As long as you aren't hurting anyone and you're achieving YOUR dreams, no matter if they are considered big or small by others, good for you. And if other people try to shit all over you for doing that, ignore them. They aren't worth your time. Live YOUR life. Not the life others want you to live.

Godspeed.
- Kelly