The thing about me is I knowingly don't listen to anybody else. It's not because I don't value other people or respect their successes or wisdom. I don't listen because only I know what I need, what's good for me. Only I know in my heart what I need to do, how I need to do it.

Call it stubborn, or stupid, or being a control freak, but this is who I always have been. It's not a lack of willingness to change. The truth is, I have never exactly steered myself wrong.

I believe the divine light inside me is the guide. That is what I follow. Not some self-help book by somebody who has never met me before. Thanks, but I'm going to finish my teen fiction novel and get soda drunk.