Endulge? Yes, I think I will.

When's the last time you enjoyed a guilty pleasure? How did it make you feel at the time? Did you feel guilty for endulging when you were finished? I cannot speak for the entire world population, but many people I know have at least 1 guilty pleasure. When they're finished endulging in it, they feel guilty, even though they thoroughly enjoyed it.

I will be the first to admit that I have a few guilty pleasures. Mine consist of eating mint chocolate chip ice cream (The DeLish brand from Walgreens is my fave!), browsing Pinterest and posting fashion pictures to my boards, listening to Rhapsody for a few hours each day (if my schedule permits), sleeping in on days I don't have to get up early, and reading celebrity tabloids when I stand in line at the grocery store. I know some will relate to what I wrote and others will look at my guilty pleasures and see them as a waste of time.

I own the fact that they are my guilty pleasures. I don't feel guilty if I endulge in what I enjoy. My pleasures make me happy. Some days, they help to preserve sanity. I think it can be agreed upon that many people have something they do that society looks down upon, but they will still endulge because it makes them happy.

If our pleasures make us happy, then why are they called guilty pleasures? I cannot say with certainity, but I think the term guilt implies that we are doing something we shouldn't be doing. I shouldn't read celebrity tabloids. I shouldn't spend a few hours mindlessly browsing on Pinterest. Guess what? I don't feel guilty. I will sing my gospel to anyone, anyday.

If you enjoy doing something society deems unimportant or worthy of being considered guilty, then you place your happiness in the hands of others. Take action and own what you enjoy. Start living life the way it should be, not how others think it should be.