True words!
i am currently in a phase of change, ans it's about the same thing you're basically talking about.
I reduced the social factor some long time ago, and one a great part im a director of my life.
The problem was i also had some socially implanted rules/ideas in my way of thinking in the base, although i rebelled against that from very young years. It was just reaction, i was missing something essential.
And i think one of your phrases sums it up:
It’s just taking control of your life/designing it
i have changed it for myself for a new rule i will remember every day:
Design your life
Thank you for the great post!
regards from spain
@sketch17
The societal rules don't mean anything. Usually they are old and archaic and it's wise to do what works best for you even if the society doesn't confirm to that. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, that is. hehe.
True, and of course i know that, and at the same time we are surrounded by those things and they have some influence on us :)