{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Wordnatomy","provider_url":"http:\/\/wordnatomy.wordpress.com","author_name":"fizzl","author_url":"http:\/\/wordnatomy.wordpress.com\/author\/fizzl\/","title":"First Draft","type":"link","html":"
One of my all-time least favorite acronyms has got to be YOLO.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not already familiar with it, it stands for \u201cyou only live once\u201d and as of late seems to be a key phrase uttered right before the cool kids do something incredibly dumb. \u00a0\u00a0Despite the reality often being something along the lines of \u201cyou only live once\u2026 so let\u2019s run into the lake during a lightning storm because YOLO,\u201d the core thinking behind the phrase is actually a more relatable life philosophy (as crazy as that may sound).\u00a0 At its core, however, YOLO could be looked at as a \u201cyou only live once\u2026 so you may as well live life to the fullest and not be afraid to do something you might regret\u201d kind of thinking. \u00a0Why do I bring this up?\u00a0 Well, many people do not live by the principles of \u201cYOLO,\u201d but instead tend to fall back into a safe, comfortable mindset that allows them to fall back on \u201clater\u201d when it comes to important decisions. \u00a0\u00a0This \u201clater\u201d lifestyle is by and large a contrasting way of looking at things when compared to the YOLO way of looking at things, but it\u2019s also one that almost everybody falls to at some point or another.\u00a0 People like \u201clater.\u201d\u00a0 It is always there for them, just meandering about in some theoretical future where decisions are already made.\u00a0 It is always there for them, until it isn\u2019t…<\/em><\/p>\n [For the full text, please click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to keep reading!]<\/p>\n"}