Regerts

Have you ever seen that commercial where the girl is eating a chocolate candy bar while she’s supposed to be tattooing Regrets on this big biker man? Well when she’s finished it says Regerts and she blames it on the fact that she was eating that chocolate candy bar. To top it off she says it like everything is okay and it may even be his fault for coming to pay for her to do a tattoo while she had that chocolate candy bar in her possession.

Life is ironic and messed up just like that.

I basically had so much planned for myself that didn’t go right – like a lot of people I’m sure. Coming out of high school early to tackle my dreams of going to USC being premed was the first major decision that got tossed by the wayside. Like the biker guy in the commercial trusted the tattoo artist, I also put my trust into other people or things that I shouldn’t have. Now I’m stuck with these dumb “regerts” to think about. Life is funny though; you live and learn by being humbled through the experiences it brings. One thing is for sure: I wish I had stayed consistent. Now all I’m trying to do is be consistent and bring about positive change in my own life, since change is consistent. For a little while there I was placing the blame on others for my actions related to things I did while being infatuated with something else that was only temporary. I couldn’t tell the things were temporary because I was being naive. Somebody once told me that my view of the world was all rainbows and unicorns and I took offense to the thought. I remember raising hell to that comment and essentially missing the point that was made (I still think the comment is trash but whatever) or that I now think was the point he was trying to make: I get blinded and miss out on the bigger picture. Then when I realize what I’ve done I place blame. Lately it’s been more of the other view for me tho – I’ve trusted when I shouldn’t have by going into situations with a positive outlook and then having it backfire. That’s life though and you have to learn how to manage to not be on both sides of the fence but to just throw the whole fence away once and for all and just do what you do…. whatever that is for you. That’s become my favorite line to tell people. I don’t get my hopes up on thinking they will do what I’d like, they’re going to always do what they want so I might as well just simply expect that. And at the same time I’m going to do what I do which is something that will benefit me without using or hurting others. Insanity is doing the same thing while expecting different results and I feel I’ve been mentally incompetent long enough. Here I am now reflecting on everything I’ve learned from the past and using it as stepping stones to my future. Choices I’ve made have come back to haunt me but I use it as motivation to grow and be smarter with my actions.
So basically all I wanted you to get:
1. Life is full of lesson plans – learn
2. Be better than you were when you made those mistakes – growth
3. Accept responsibility for things that happened in your life – maturity
4. Do what you do
5. Always use a credible tattoo artist