I consider myself a free spirit
When I think of being a free spirit, one of the things that includes is not being the type to be tied down to a certain idea or belief. Now don't get me wrong, when I feel strongly about something it has my full devotion, but I think it is vital to be open-minded. There are so many angles and sides to things nowadays that you can't be too bent on something..but we don't want to be the type of individuals that change our morals and beliefs every other week either.
The thing to do is take in our experiences, learn from the experiences of others, and apply that to our daily decision making. When I was 7 years old my babysitter told me she didn't want to live past 40. She never wanted to have wrinkles and not be young. Since then I have heard plenty of people say the same thing, they don't want to live to be old. My viewpoint on this has been the same since I was seven, why would you want that?. Now being open-minded... I could see some validity in their points, but did they really mean that? You can imagine little Ana sitting out on her porch pondering this..and I still do.
You never know when it will be your time and why not live life to the fullest instead of living it only partly to set yourself up for the future you may not even be lucky enough to reach? The catch is you probably don't know and won't know until that time comes. So what to do, what to do..
I've come to the conclusion that you must enjoy life to the best of your ability while at the same time doing what you need to do to make sure you can keep enjoying life later on. Sure doing whatever you please and dying young may be the choice for some people, but I don't think those people have evaluated the meaning of life enough. I think the meaning of life is to be happy. And I want to be happy for the longest amount of time possible. So yeah we might get old and wrinkly, but what better to show off how happy you've been than having those laugh lines?
Just some of my thoughts, let me know if you agree/disagree or have anything to add!
XOXO
