Advice From Amy Poehler

For me, friendship is hard.  Im not one of those people who likes to go to big parties and Im not the friend that texts you everyday or hangs out with you everyday.  Im not going to lie, I actually really like being by myself...probably too much haha with that being said though, I do value friendship.  I think its so important to have people you can turn to when you're having a bad day and it seems like everything is against you.

However, I think its also super important to know who your real friends are and to not keep anyone around that makes you feel less than in any way.  There is a friend I used to have who I thought was my best friend.  We did everything together, went everywhere together...all that stuff.  Recently though, I've come to realize how small she made me feel.  If I hung out with someone she didn't like, we fought about it.  If I dated someone she didn't like, we fought about it.  If I didn't hang out with her when she wanted or text her everyday, we fought about it.  It was absolutely exhausting, and I spent three years trying to make things work.  I gave up a lot of good friendships and I was a bad friend to others because of this friendship with her.

She and I don't talk anymore, and while part of me is sad about it, the other part feels like I made the right decision in cutting off ties.  Nobody in your life should make you feel inferior, and you shouldn't waste time with people who do.

In the words of Amy Poehler, "Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good.  Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb.  And the earlier you start in your life the better.  The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it".

On a lighter note, we put eyebrows on my dog.  She's so fabulous.