Know Who You Are

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"
"If you don't know where you're going, you'll go where the wind blows"

Both of these quotes pretty much say the same thing: You have to know who you are and what you want out of life. Nothing I say will do enough justice to the importance of knowing what your values and principles are. You have to know what you will and will not do, what you're willing to compromise on and what you're will stand by fiercely.

Too often, I see kids that fall into the whole peer pressure thing, doing whatever is the "in-thing", not because they want to, but because "everyone's doing it". The funny thing is, while most people only go through this in high school or adolescence, some people just never get to figure out what their principles are. Even in their twenties, they'll still be doing whatever their friends think they should do. If you know yourself, know what you want out of life, know what your values are, there is no way in hell that anybody can make you do something you're not into.

What's your stand on drugs? If you don't have one, you're most likely to end up doing them
What's your stand on unprotected sex? If you don't have a solid answer for that, you're looking for trouble

I know I'm starting preach now..lol..but I need ya'll to understand, that most of the decisions we make in life are made based on our values and principles. So you have to have solid ones. If they're not solid, they will change as fast as fashion and technology. Know who you are, what you stand for, what you want out of life. If you know what you want out of life, you're more likely to make decisions that lead you to that goal.