Free Write

Ever since I was little I can remember my older sister getting in trouble with my parents. I found that learning from her mistakes helped me avoid trouble, even if she never did. So, since I was little I have tried to appease my parents and other authority figures. This worked out very well, I rarely got in trouble. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way I forgot how to state my own opinion, because I was too busy trying to make everyone else happy. I found that trying to make everyone else happy can cause oneself to become very short-tempered. As I grew up I realized that it was not worth my time to worry about how everyone else felt about my actions. This seems rather selfish, but it has helped me become an overall happier person. So, it is not worth my own suffering to make sure that I do not upset anyone along the way.