Being around people who will bring you down, criticize, judge, without much rationale is toxic. People should want to be around others who support their dreams, and support them in whatever they pursue. This type of mindset should be applied to everything.

You don't want to be that person who gets their heart broken and goes 10 years in their life being single and writing blog entries about how that person was horrible, in contrast, you don't want to be that person who instead of figuring themselves out, finds comfort in being promiscuous.

The limelight, it burns, not everyone can handle it. It comes with the territory of putting yourself out there, but that's a sacrifice I'll take for doing something I genuinely enjoy. You put yourself in the public eye, you lose a sense of privacy, you get judged, hated on, etc. on a daily basis. But we have to remember that it's only your interpretation of negativity that is hindering you from really growing as a person.