You do you

“You do you,and I’ll do me,and we won’t do each other,probably.” ― Markiplier

A few days ago I was talking to my husband about something and he offered to take care of it for me. I told him that I could handle it myself, he pushed again to handle it. I told him, “you take care of you, I’ll take care of me. If I need your help I will ask.” He thought that seemed a little harsh. I truly did not mean it that way.

I follow a body positive blogger on Instagram called allisonKimmy. I love her because not only is she about body positivity, something I always struggle with but she promotes self love and taking care of you. She usually ends all her posts with “just do you.”

As we take care of ourselves, it is important to also give others in our lives that same treatment. There is a fine line when it comes to supporting those we love, giving advice and guidance or stepping back and letting them take the reins.

I have two young daughters and believe me, whenever they come to me with a problem or situation I feel pretty confident that I have just the solution or suggestion that they need. The problem is that most of the time they are not interested in my opinion, they just want me to listen.

You do you means standing up for who you are and what you really want or need. It means that sometimes it is ok to be selfish. Sometimes it is okay to be a little stubborn or even in the words of others, difficult. We won’t always succeed. We might make mistakes but they will be our mistakes, we all make them.

Urban dictionary states that you do you means the act of doing what one believes is the right decision, being oneself.

As important as being true to yourself, it is equally important to let others be true to themselves. To think for themselves and make their own choices and mistakes. I really struggle with this. I feel like I am a wealth of information and I am so happy to share my knowledge with you.

Way back I did a blog about a hula hoop. To envision ourselves inside a hula hoop and to not let others invade our hula hoop. It is equally important to not invade other’s hula hoop. To let them make their own choices and their own mistakes. I’ll do me and you do you!!!!!