Tired of Being You

I’m tired of watching television shows just to have one to watch instead of watching one because it’s good and it gets me.

I’m tired of getting excited about a song because it has a catchy tune or because it’s played over and over again instead of listening to it because it’s a good song and it says what I need to say.

I’m tired of outside sources telling me who I am instead of me saying who I am.

I want to be a writer that writes instead of writing to write.

I don’t want to be an actor that acts because of the superficial fame that comes with it.

Becoming a nurse because it’s the new “in” thing is a horrible idea.  Patients tend to agree.  I want to become a nurse because I’m a nurse.

I want to teach because I’m a teacher and not because I get summer time off to catch some waves or to catch some zzzz’s.

I’m tired of being tired because I’m doing everything I’m told to do instead of doing what I need or want to do because of who I am.

This is now who I am.