who tells the first bad joke?

Getting to know someone for the first time is such a gamble. I mean, how much do you put yourself out there? How much talking is too much talking? Who tells the first bad joke? There is an unlimited amount of questions we can ask ourselves. 

Over thinking things almost always ruins things.  If you over think every little detail people say to you, you'll end up waking up in the middle of the night eating a bag of ketchup chips & crying your eyes out to GIRLS on HBO.

It's really hard not to over think situations because we are humans & we tend to care about other humans and that's completely okay, but over thinking can get unhealthy when you start to take someones words and turn it in to something completely different. You'll end up ruining something before it's even had a chance to be something. I've learned this the hard way, and i'm telling you... you don't want to be that girl or guy. 

Like in my other posts, I really focus on the subject of living in the moment. This is my whole, "I'll be a better person this year" craze. If you find someone interesting, and you enjoy their company, don't be afraid to take a chance. Who knows what could happen, but don't start planning what you'll be doing with them a week from now, or a month from now because odds are they might not be emotionally invested like you'd like to think they are. I'm not saying every single person you meet doesn't want to be together forever..I'm just saying don't rush yourself into relationships. 

A lot of people my age rush themselves into relationships and become emotionally invested in people before they even really know the person. 

I guess what I'm really trying to say in this whole write up is if you have a good feeling about someone, get to know them. Get to know what their favorite food is, who their favorite band is, what their childhood pets name was (basically all the security questions you answer when you set up an account on gmail) before you start making plans. I know this can be hard because we all want to be loved, and love in return, but like they say, "Rome wasn't built in a day." Take relationships day by day, and don't be afraid to take a chance. 

xo, 

Mady