DEAL WITH IT

Time: 7:43 PM

Location: Bay Shore Bean

What am I rambling about today!?: dealing with shit.

I’m at the coffee shop not sipping coffee and sitting in the seat that NO ONE usually sits in. Its by this door that employees walk in out of so its most deff a dub. I also am sipping on some delicious ass tea because I ain’t feel like taking a shit as soon as I finish my drink. If you know me you know I hate taking a shit in public so its quiet for coffee tonight. I forgot my headphones in the car and TAAA FRRRIOO bro so them shits are staying in there. Quick side note… If you say “ear phones” I assume you’re also THAT weirdo who puts milk before their cereal. With that being said, its quiet for the sweet sweet melodies from thugger or that bachata guitarrrrra going brazy.

The other day I was at Applebees and a friend told me he was going through a social media “cleanse”. He wont read this…but I asked if I can use him as an example and he was cool with it. He said that he wanted to cut social media out because it was distracting and he was tired of being SOO consumed by it. This is also the friend who goes out to eat with you and is GLUED to his phone going through the same 3 apps.. so this is dope. He started by just deactivating his IG account and said he was going cold turkey with it. This was interesting to me because it got me thinking about how I go about dealing with things that I want to cut off. In this case he decided to just completely remove himself from this situation so he wouldn’t be tempted to deal with it.

Personally, I am a big fan of the whole “cold turkey” way of doing things. I find myself wanting to just DROP whatever it is that I’m trying to distance myself from. In theory this method sounds good but its actually really hard to do. There were times I would completely cut out bad food and then I find myself at checkers enjoying the finest of oily fries. I also see this with people around me who are in TOXIC relationships but cant seem to stay away from that other person. After fake cutting things off, I realized that not everything is meant to be dealt this way. I would remove myself from a situation just so I wouldn’t have to deal with it. But honestly, sometimes the best thing to do is to address that elephant in the room and go through the “pain”. Now I find comfort in the awkwardness and the side effects of dealing with things that are hard. When you actually tackle things head on theres so much room to learn about yourself. When you actually get through the storm and realize that you are okay….theres NO other feeling like that.

Again, I will stress that this is not the easiest things to do. There are times till this day that I find myself not trying to deal with my issues because Its easier to turn the cheek. If you are going through anything..whatever it is JUST know that there is a beauty in the storm. There is something great about dealing with hardships because that can make you better. SO if you are going through anything then I challenge you to just fucking deal with it. I promise… its so satisfying in the end.

LOVE-

DAAZED