Like Mary J Says, No More Drama

How many times have you seen messages like this (more than likely with multiple misspellings)? They're particularly prominent on dating websites and social media sites. They always give me a hearty chuckle, because these decrees last for an hour, maybe two. I'm pretty sure in the interim, this happens:

The moral of the story is that publicly declaring your intent to not pay attention to/partake in drama (or anything else for that matter) makes you more sensitive to it. A good parallel would be vegetarianism. People who follow strict vegetarian diets become more sensitive to meat and meat products when scoping out which foods they can eat, and friends might forget about the restrictions when offering food to their vegetarian friends. For example, some corn chowder has bacon in it! This is a nice surprise for us omnivores, but herbivores would not take too kindly to said surprise. (As an aside, this would be the moment when I would offer to eat my herbivore friend's portion of corn chowder, thus doubling the amount of win I get! Brian: 2, Herbivore Friend: 0)

... I was making a point, but I got distracted by bacon.

Oh right... Drama. Drama is only a big deal if you make it one. If you devote your time to updating "the world" (read: the 2% of your Facebook friends who haven't hidden your status updates yet) about being "over drama" and calling out (passive aggressively, of course!) those who you perceive to be causing drama, you're in for a rough time. Just follow Jill Scott's lead and let the haters keep hatin'. While it won't be as fun for people like me when trying to judge you*, at least we can both take solace in the fact that you're happier!

Being awesome isn't a choice. It's a lifestyle.

*-Let's be honest, you'll probably still be rocking cargo shorts, or attempting to wear leggings as pants, or trying to convince me that the Glee cover of "Friday" was better than the original. (News flash: dolphins were killed when both versions were produced. Also, I'd rather you kept the drama in your life than try to have this conversation with me, but thanks for playing!)