Personal Responsibility

There all kinds of theories on what is 'wrong' with America, on why things seem to be worse socially than they were before.  I'm not sure that things are worse than they were before, or even when 'before' was.  But here's my theory.  The problem is a lack of personal responsibility. 

What is personal responsibility?  It is taking responsibility for yourself, for every choice you make, for every situation you find yourself in.  99.9% of the time you're not a victim of circumstance, or a "hater" or any other foolishness.  You're a victim of your own life choices, take ownership over your situation.  Unless you're being held captive, no forced you to do anything. 

This is not to say that people aren't ever impacted the choices of others, but the vast majority of the time people set themselves up.  So here is a list of things that are probably your fault:

• Your weight
• Your finances
• Your job
• Your friends
• What time you arrive to wherever you're going 
• The people in you inner circle 
• How people treat you

If "everybody" is always doing something to you, then you should look at what's in common, you're the thing in common.  Take ownership of yourself.