Set The Stage On Fire & Live Life Like Jimi Did...No F*cks Given!

"Set that bitch on fire" is a phrase i say all that time and it quite simply means "Be free and do what makes you feel good".

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Look at em...Jimi Hendrix on stage was the epitome of what a free spirit looks like. He would go into a zone that looked as if the world didn't exist anymore. It seemed as if he didn't have any care at all for what might make him seem crazy or outlandish..but how could he not care? He stood out like a sore thumb, with his funky guitar playing and his obvious pledge to the psychonaut and rebel culture back in the 50's and 60's. Not to mention he was a black dude, doing music in a time when black dudes just wasn't doing that kind of music yet...It took a lot of courage for him to completely be who he was, when who he was could have been treated so terribly by society.

I always use Jimi as my reference to how i want to live my life. I did not know this man personally, but watching him on stage and listening to his music has left a lasting imprint on my psyche. "I want to live life like Jimi" i would tell my friends, some of them got it..but most of them didn't even understand what i meant.

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LIVING LIFE BY SOMEONE ELSES RULES

If you want to life your life free then you have to make a decision to not live by the rules of others. And i know this might seem trivial, but a lot of us walk around living by other peoples rules and don't even realize it. You ever hold your tongue because you didn't want to "offend" someone? or been in a situation where you did say something and then felt wrong for saying it? A lot of the time allow other people to project their ideals onto us and we don't have any reason to defend against it..This is especially difficult to stop when dealing with a loved one or romantic interest, it's easy to fall into the traps of living by their rules. What if your girlfriend doesn't like that you smoke weed, do you stop smoking? is that who you really are? would this person live by your rules? would you even want to place rules onto someone?? Ask yourself these kinds of questions.

MISPLACED EXPECTATIONS

When i was in prison it was something i never thought i would have to go through, but i just knew that all my friends and family would be there for me while i was in there....boy was i wrong. Some of my family helped me out, but almost none of my friends did.

When you expect things from people you cant live freely, because you are always expecting validation from other people. This is something i struggled with my entire life, and if i didn't take the time to self reflect, i may have never realized that i was living my entire life in complete expectation of other people! Expecting my girlfriend to love me, expecting my mother to help me out, expecting not to goto prison....Having expectations almost always leads to a let down, because to expect something is to kind of attempt to read the future and i'm definitely not a psychic. I can barely predict my own actions, let alone predict the actions of others. So why even put myself through the stress of expectation? i don't..and you shouldn't either.

SOCIETY DEFINITIONS

Like rules we are bound by societal definitions, and for alot of us societies definitions run our life. When we come into this world everything is already pre-defined for us...nothing is up to us to figure out for ourselves. But there are still things we must figure out, like who we truly are..and what is our purpose here on this planet. Society will automatically try to put you in a box and label you a certain type of person...even if you feel completely different from what you hear and see, some how your'e still thrown into a box and labeled some name. Do not fall for the definitions of life society gives to you, instead try to look into yourself and define things for yourself. This will allow you to make your own decisions based on your own understanding of life...It's hard, but these days i try not to let anything be pre-defined for me..i try to give things a chance and have an open mind about everything that comes my way.

SET IT ON FIRE

Stop worrying about what other people are going to think about you and just do what the hell you want. Cause guess what? people are going to have to shit to say about you whether you what you want or not....People will always find a reason to dislike someone if they are just that type of person. You cannot please everybody and you shouldn't think you have to please everybody. This is your life, and you only live once...for me i take my life serious enough to set it on fire almost every day. I take chances in business, i take risks in life and i don't take anything for granted. I try to live life to the fullest extent of my means right now, and im always growing every day. I quit my job 3 years ago unexpectedly because i just decided i didn't want to work in an office anymore...i didn't even have a plan, but i knew what my heart was telling me to do. So i went with that feeling and now look at me 3 years later. I make a pretty decent living recording and engineering music from my home studio, and i have a bunch of other small start ups that keeps the bills paid, you can add SteemIT to that list now too.

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▶️ In life i think to achieve true happiness we MUST "Set that bitch on fire" and never look back...don't give any regard or care to who is saying negative things about your decisions, just DO THEM. Who cares? If you wanna pick up one day move to Sweden....do it..why not? because society says that it's crazy to just get up move? Know what i say? ..i say f*ck em! Do what you want, do what makes you happy and set that bitch on fire!

Peace and Bliss Everyone!!

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