Buckle up, it's time to put on your big kid panties.

Hello.
So it has come to my attention that most of us are FREAKING OUT over various things.  Whether it be; family issues, school, work situations, moving crap, friends, mis-communication, pick your poison really.  Anyway the main point is that stress is making people crazy.


Now back in the day, when I had zero time for anything, I was stressed out of my mind.  I was addicted to stress, because it was familiar to me.  If I didn't have enough on my plate (assumingly), I would aquire more responsibility.  And it would continue on until I had to much, at which point I could stress and complain about how much I had to do.


It was an ugly cycle.


The thing about stress, is that it is supposed to be good for you.  It's the body's response of stretching yourself, signaling that you are growing.  However nowadays we use stress only as a negative term, when really it's supposed to be considered a healthy process.  Stress can help you know your limits and when they are being challenged.  That way you are able to more accurately gage how much you can do without... dying. 


But the tricky (I typed ticky the first time, lolz) thing about stress is that you can over-do it pretty hard core.  Like anything in life, too much of something is bad. 
(But what about money??  Or chocolate??  Or Rick Riordan novels??)
This is why I don't debate with myself, I have a lot of good points.


Anyway, my point is that we shouldn't give ourselves extra stress.  Did you know that most of the things we are stressing about actually DON'T have any life long effects? 
(NOTE:  I did say MOST things, I mean marriage and obeying the different laws [i.e. thou shalt not kill.. even when they are being super annoying know-it-alls...] would most likely affect your life forever).


That test you failed?  Probably not even going to remember it a year from now.
That boy/ girl who doesn't like you back?  Won't even matter when you move on to the right one.
The job you just got fired from?  An oppertunity to find a better one.


You see where I am getting at?  As long as you are surrounded by those who love and support you, you are invincible!  You can do anything! 
And yes, sometimes you will have to go to work when you just want to curl up in a blanket and watch netflix all day.  And yes, sometimes you are going to have to drag yourself out of your house to go to school.  But that's life.  Sometimes we do things we don't want to do.  Sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to.


Nobody said life was going to be easy.  They just said it was going to be worth it.


So ENJOY YOURSELF.  You have oppertunities all around you, just open yourselves to the different possibilities.  Let yourself become more than you already are.


And just know it's okay to worry and stress, as long as you keep it under control.  Don't wallow in what COULD happen and miss out on what's happening right now.