Thoughts on other people’s opinions.

Everyone has an opinion on something, whether it is there preference on who runs the country, or his or her’s opinion on an outfit you choose to wear. Of course everyone’s opinion is valid and everyone is free to think whatever they want to. But it’s come to a time in my life when I need to think about whose opinions really matters to me? Just to be clear I’m not saying that people shouldn’t be allowed to voice their own opinions because everyone should have freedom of speech, but it’s up to each individual as to who’s opinions they respect or take on board. I think in today’s society we tend to care too much about what other people think rather than just thinking about our own happiness – I know I am definitely guilty of this. To an extent I think that we should take other people’s opinions on board, not to change our own opinions but just to get a more rounded view on a subject and to make a more informed decision in some cases. I’m looking at university choices at the moment as it is coming up to the time in my life when I move away and begin to start my own life, and the courses I am looking at aren’t necessarily the vocational degrees which I have previously looked at. When asking for people’s opinions I haven’t necessarily agreed with the replies they’ve given to me and I have taken a couple very personally. However I’ve realised that most of the time these aren’t personal attacks on me and that they are just opinions, and these opinions will help me make sure the decision I make is what makes me happy. Everyone’s opinions are valid, but at the end of the day it is down to you personally to decide what to do in whatever situation you find yourself in. Whether your decision is right or wrong in the eyes of someone else shouldn’t matter if the decision you make is something that you are happy with and feel the most comfortable with. We shouldn’t get pressured into doing things just to make other people happy because it is the ‘social norm’, not one person’s life is the same as another persons, and if we all did the same things and thought in the same way the world would be a very boring place to live.