…I think I’m just different.

I’m not the type to be easily influenced by others.

I do things because I want to. Sometimes, even when I shouldn’t. But I do them anyway because I want to. I live my life like that, even when I don’t try. Even when I shouldn’t. Somehow, I kind of prefer this lifestyle I have that has no strings, no cages, and chains attached. I like being able to wake up after a ridiculous night knowing that I was living MY life and not doing anything someone else asked me to do.

Influence isn’t a bad thing. That’s not what I’m saying. Many people influence me to do better, strive harder, learn more. Although obviously, bad influences are actually bad things.

Either way, I don’t listen to outside noise unless I want to, unless I choose to. I don’t get influenced, unless I myself, want to be.

So when someone cuts me a line, or hands me creepy looking roots, it’s me deciding to take or reject them. Not anybody else. I decide for me whether I want to adventure or not, become an addict or not.

I make my own decisions, so nobody will have to feel sorry for tainting me. I’m not being tainted really, I’m just making my own choices. I can regret for myself, so you don’t have to. No really, don’t even try. I’m not the type to get dependent on something.

I think being influenced and independence go hand in hand, but that’s a thought for another time.