I Settle By Leaving

Bike rides & the beach make for a

happy hipster.

Never being one to settle, I've been sticking by my habits and up-and-leaving about ninety percent of what I've just "settled" on. 

I change my mind like a single mom changes diapers. My wants and needs change like our current weather pattern. And my thought pattern is about as constant as a tween's ringtone. I love my inconsistency. I love my spontaneity. I love my quirks and my "Ali Moments". Because they make me up to what I am at this very moment. Whoever that may be.

If there's one thing I've learned, now being nine out of twelve months into this years, it's to never forget who you are. People will always try to influence you, try to get you on "their team", try to change you. The truth of it all is that you can't pretend to be something else, just because it pleases another. You can't eliminate certain parts of yourself when you're around certain people, just because their not accepting of your ways. I bet that if you are totally you, all in and no foggy mirrors, you'll come out on top, no matter what.

And what if you don't? Then you didn't sell out. You didn't "fake it" because you were afraid. I can sense a mile away when a person is dressing a certain way around me, skipping certain songs when their iPod is on shuffle when they're in the car with me, talking about certain things, acting a certain way. Dude, if I'm hanging out with you, I obviously like you for who you are. It's the pretenders I walk away from. It's the real kids that get the love. Just be yourself, kids. If you secretly like Star Wars (which, by the way, there is nothing wrong with that), then like it in public. If you secretly listen to 80's love ballads in your car on your way to/from the girl you like's house, then roll down the windows next time and share it with all of us. If you borrow your mom's brush to put on a concert in front of the mirror at home, sing to Steelheart's 'Never Let You Go', make a video and put it on Youtube. So what if nobody accepts you. So what if you get laughed at. And so what if someone, God forbid, thinks you're awesome because of it.

Hey, you never know who's out there.

Current Listen: Atlas Sound - Walkabout