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Day Two Hundred and Sixty-One:  Listen to Kate Nash (I Hate Seagulls)

I dig simplicity.  Waking up and having a routine that I follow everyday, and then sticking to that routine, and then remaining indifferent when it changes.  A wise man once told me “Just go with the flow,” and I feel like this year is the first time I’ve actually truly done just that.  I mean, I still get a little buffed when I think I might be late, and a little stressed if things don’t go my way, but the simplicity of going with the flow has just sunk in for me, and you know what?  It really is great.

I mean, eventually when things get heavy and confusing and complicated it will become harder and harder to remain simple and “flow-y,” but for now, even with all of the things going on for me including an event and a full five courses and adjustments to reading and other things I feel like I’ve just dealt with it really well.  I’m tired sometimes, but who cares?  I’m 21 I feel like that comes with the job description.  Sometimes I drink too much coffee and end up not being able to sleep, but we all do that sometimes and isn’t that what our twenties are for?  To stay up late and get things done at one in the morning?

Life really is too short.  That sounds (and looks, now reading that over) so cliché.  It almost hurts me to keep it there, but it really is.  Life floats away from us, and sometimes we don’t notice it, and so why worry about the little things?  It’s hard not to, trust me I am the first person to tell you that stopping stress is near impossible, but it’s the way we deal with the things that come up in our lives that defines us as “flow-y” or not.  Take your life for what it is, and just go with it.  Smile a bit that’s always nice for you and other people, and don’t be so serious.

Gosh, life is grand.

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