Live In The Moment

Ok so I saw something today and it really bothered me and basically I'm going to rant about it.
So in my class, we have to do these booklets about careers etc and it's all about planning your life. I don't mean like 'I want to go to university and become a director and get married and live in London' I mean like 'This is my dream job which I will have achieved by this date and if I don't achieve it, this is what I'll do instead which isn't as good'. 

This just made me so mad. Why should we have to plan every tiny detail of our lives? What happened to mystery and living in the moment?!! I understand and agree that it's good to have a vague plan but you don't need to plan every second of the next 40 years out!! That's so boring and will just end in disappointment! You don't know what's around the corner! No one does!

I understand what they tried to do but personally I think they failed miserably. I love living in the moment and taking chances and creating opportunities!! Everyone should be more impulsive and just take chances! If you want to be a youtuber, go make a video! If you want to be an author, go write short stories! If you don't know what you want to do, try a bit of everything! I think it's impossible to plan your life down to every details because no one knows what will happen in the future. Obviously we all have hopes and dreams and I hope that all yours come true but they might not and that's ok. I believe that everything happens for a reason and maybe what you thought was the right career path for you, wasn't! But you won't know until you try! You need to throw yourself 100% into every opportunity you get. Don't miss any chances because you only get one shot at life so make it great!

I'm a bit of a hypocrite and it's annoys me, trust me. I said to throw yourself into everything 100% and you should! I just don't. I want to! But I care far too much about what people think of me and what they're going to say. I love my blog even though I've just started it and I have 4 followers but I get so excited at the thought of writing a post! I know my posts are all over the show and extremely unprofessional but that's me! I'm random and weird and this is all me. I love that I can be myself on here, especially as I'm not really myself in YouTube videos (princesschairs). I'm not fake or anything, I just get so nervous because I know people that I know will watch and it embarrasses me. 

This post is a roller coaster, just like the rest of them. I feel like I explained myself slightly. Probably didn't do it well but hey, I took a chance and I want you to take one as well. Whatever you're scared to do, please just do it, for me, just do it! Send me a photo of it, or tell me about it in the comments or send it to my Twitter (@chariss97). You can't live life being scared of things because you won't be as happy as you could be and you could miss amazing opportunities!! So please, do it for me, publish that video or apply for that job or kiss that person (with their constant of course, rape is bad). JUST DO IT

Charis


Comments

  1. Vilhelm man7 January 2015 at 16:34

    Happy New Year!

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  2. Anonymous21 January 2015 at 20:05

    Charis,
    I completely understand where you're coming from! Especially when you said that you care too much about what other people think. I've been like that for my entire life and it's stopped me from doing things that I used to dream about doing, and it's led me to become a very shy, quiet person who can't open up easily around new people. That's why I started my blog too, although it's only this year that I'm really going for it. I've only recently linked it to my Facebook because I was afraid of what my friends would say if they saw what I really felt. But the more I've written and opened up, the closer I get to being able to be the real me all the time.

    As for planning out every detail of your future, I did that when I was younger, and all it's done is get me anxious because I haven't done what I thought I'd be doing by now. So because of that I get stressed, upset and feel like a failure. As you said, we should be more focused on making memories and doing what we love, even though we're expected to know what we want to do with the rest of our lives at a time when most people have never lived without some form of parental figure around.

    Sorry for rambling in your comments!
    - Sharon

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    1. Charis Saunders8 February 2015 at 15:58

      Don't be sorry!! I loved your comment! I'm so glad you feel the same and that you're becoming more confident!! :)

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