Thinking for Yourself

I wish that the world ran on a more relaxed schedule, where everything was done in an efficient orderly manner, but done leisurely and without the worry of not getting it done fast enough. I wonder what it would be like if people thought things through before doing them. Like actually thought about the consequences and whether it was worth it. I know that if I did that I would get myself into a lot less trouble. I very rarely think things through, no, that's not true. I very rarely think before I speak. I think that very few people actually do. There would be a lot less grief in the world if people actually thought before they spoke. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like most negative arguments begin because someone said something without thinking. And while that may be the way you feel, you probably didn't want to get into a fight over it.
It's a real shame how very few people think for themselves these days. They are always following someone else, thinking that they are thinking for themselves, but really they're not.
I like to think of myself as non-conformist, I like to think for myself and do my own thing. That doesn't mean defying authority or anything like that, it means making up my own mind and having my own opinions, not those of some one else. It means believing what I believe and standing by it, not changing my mind because someone else said to. It means listening to music that I like, even if no one else does. I hate it when people say that the music that someone else likes to is bad, it's not, it's just what they like and you might not, get over it. It's a matter of opinion. Not having your own personal opinions about something, anything, then you are not thinking for yourself, not utilizing the gift of thought that you were given. Use your brains people! They are there for a reason, and not just to keep you alive. Your mind is yours to use, don't waste it.

Some quotes:

"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity."
-Christopher Morley

"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear." - Joan Didion

"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." -Don Marquis