Mai thoughts on life

I used to believe in the common ”life is too short” narrative until I actually sat and thought about it one day. What does that mean? Life is too short. Too short for what?

Life is too short to stay in a bad relationship. Or at the bad job. Or to do things that don’t fulfill you. I get it, life is too short to not live it the way you want it.

But does that make sense? When something is short, or better yet too short, you don’t stress about it because you know it will be over soon. You don’t really care because you know it will bother you only for a short while. So how can life be too short?

I believe that life is too long. Too long for staying in toxic situations. To long for dealing with things that don’t bring you joy. Too long for suffering from things you can change.

I realized my life is too long to stay where I am not appreciated. Too long to spend time with people who disrespect me. Too long to waste my energy on trying to save what can’t be saved.

It’s just too long to handle the pain of being mistreated. Of being taken for granted. Of being used. My life is too long to live it in misery. Too long to not remove myself from situations and people that don’t make me happy.

Life is not too short to not live it the way you want it. It is actually too long. To long to not live it the way you want it. Too long to try to fix things that can’t be fixed. To fix people that can’t be fixed. It took me a long time to realise this. Too long.