IF LIFE HAD RULES LIKE LAW... - by Temitayo Victoria Likinyo

If life had rules like law… Not everything we do would just pass as “normal.”Some habits that we’ve gotten comfortable with would actually be questioned.Some patterns we repeat daily would stop. Because if you really think about it,a lot of the stress we deal with is not just from life itselfIt is from the things we allow. Procrastination would definitely be an offence Because how do you keep postponing something you know matters? “I’ll start later” becomes a habit, and later keeps moving. You have the time, the plan, even the intention, but you keep granting yourself extensions. If we treated time like something we’re accountable for, not something we can always shift, imagine how much lighter life would feel without last-minute pressure, panic, and regret. Emotional suppression too A huge fine would do 🥲So if you're caught not fine and you claim to be fine, then you pay a fine!!Constantly saying “I’m fine” when you're not, brushing things off like they don’t matter. You avoid the discomfort now, but it doesn’t disappear, it just waits. If we actually dealt with things as they came, instead of storing them, life would not feel so heavy all the time. Overthinking without evidence Imprisonment with hard labour please, so you get to clear your head well 😩Creating problems in your head, replaying conversations, assuming the worst outcomes. You stress over things that haven’t even happened, reacting to situations that don’t even exist. If your mind had limits, if it needed proof before spiraling, imagine how much peace you would have. Comparison This would probably go with life imprisonment!Measuring your life against someone else’s timeline like there’s a fixed standard for everyone. You scroll, you observe, and suddenly your own progress feels small. If everyone focused on their own pace instead of competing silently, a lot of unnecessary pressure would disappear. Ignoring your own needs Maybe flogging would go with this, like some northern way of punishment 🥲Treating rest like laziness, saying yes when you want to say no, constantly putting yourself last. You keep going, not because you’re okay, but because you feel like you have to. If you actually respected your limits, you would not have to keep recovering from burnout. But life is not structured like law.So these things slide.They feel normal and harmless Until they start showing up as stress, missed opportunities, burnout, and that quiet frustration you can not always explain. Maybe life would actually be easier not because problems disappear,but because we stop creating so many of our own.

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