jumbled thoughts issue 14.

je déteste les paroles dans le vide.

les paroles dans le vide. there’s nothing i hate more than les paroles dans le vide. you know what i mean. those sentences uttered in the heat of the moment. because you “don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings.” or whatever the reason may be. if you’re going to say something, say it with your chest and mean it. if you have an opinion, own it. doesn’t matter if you end up changing your mind. own that too. but if you tell someone something, say it with your chest and mean it. (side note i’ve been wanting to add a curse word in each of these sentences so pretend they’re there but we’re keeping it pg) when you commit to something. own your words. be disciplined enough to own your promises to yourself and to others. there’s nothing worse than breaking your word. when you make plans, follow through. when you say you’re going to do something, do it. otherwise, disrespect. that’s what it means. towards yourself and others. if you can break one commitment, you can break hundreds. why would you want to be that person? disrespectful? unreliable? when did it become okay to cancel plans last minute for no other reason than you just don’t want to. which fair, i get it. sometimes that’s a fair excuse. yet, it seems like we’ve collectively just abused of it. “oh i need a mental health day.” those are a privilege. not a rule. we can happily fight about it.

sometimes i wonder if we’ve become too soft as a society. whatever we say, think, or do always has to be “politically correct.” constantly striving for political correctness is exhausting and inhibits our ability to think for ourselves. debating with people on whatever topics is no longer really a thing because no one acts rationally anymore. i can have a conversation with people of differing opinions. i don’t have to agree with everything they’re saying. i can even disagree with all of it. i might even change my own point of view. have the conversations. the hard ones. the simple ones. listen. change your mind. or don’t. leave your ego at the door. it’s not cool to not care. it’s not cool to not want to evolve & grow. it’s just not.

idk it feels like I’ve talked about two different topics but also not at the same time? like yea they are related. you can’t respect others if you don’t respect yourself. but you can’t respect yourself if you don’t others.

ok, i’ve said my piece. bye <3