jumpingjacktrash:

knitmeapony:

Kids.  Teenagers.  As someone staring 40 in the face lemme tell you a thing.

You are going to be horrified and embarrassed at some point by the shit you are doing now.

And you are going to wish with all your might you’d done more of it.  

You’re gonna wish you had more selfies, more photos, more videos being dumb with your friends.  You’re going to wish you’d had your hair even higher or your shoes even sparklier.  

Go.  Document the shit out of your ridiculous life.  Fuck trends but if you wanna be trendy, go all in.  Fuck in-groups and subcultures but if one sings to you, do it all.  Be exactly as cool or punk rock or goth or fandom or country or hardcore or hip hop or whatever, and don’t let anyone tell you differently.

Just don’t hurt people.  That’s the only thing you’ll ever genuinely live to regret.

yep. what they said.

i’m 44 now, and i’ve lived a hell of a life. lived it full-tilt, balls to the wall, pedal to the metal. made a lot of noise. things i regret:

• not wearing my knee braces religiously after i tore up my knees playing soccer, so the damage became permanent
• not taking a gap year before college
• being kind of a dick to some people i dated
• not being more involved in my little brother’s life as he became independent

things i don’t for one second regret:

• being noisy
• taking up space
• experimenting
• traveling
• wearing weird shit
• making friends with every rando
• going to rock shows even when i was broke
• generally being a human explosion

one big reason why i’m so contented with my life now, being the mellow local bear dad in my cozy small town world, is because i kicked out the jams when i was young and held nothing back. i kinda feel like i’ve earned my chill.