stressed
so i've been talking about getting a tatoo all semester. i've gone back and forth on the issue, unable to decide. and there's always one thing that stops me (besides my parents).
sure it'd be great to have a tatoo for say the next 10 years or so. But when i'm 40 and have children I won't want something permanently inked on my skin. So thus the debate. Do i get the tatoo somewhere hard to see even now, so that when i'm older no one will see it? or do i just not get one even though i really want one now?
I took the next step towards getting one last night and drew up the dove design that i would get should i get one done. i know where i would put it and everything. then i began seriously thinking about getting one. i've been talking to people and thinking about all the different scenarios i guess you could call them. julianne suggested getting the design done in henna where i would get the real thing and then seeing if i still like it. after that i want to hold on to the design for at least 6 months before i get anything done. if i go ahead with this, i want something that means something to me. i don't want to go get some cute heart or star because it's cute. it has to have some meaning if i'm getting it permanently inked on my body. so i drew up this dove that has meaning for me (both the symbol of the Holy Spirit and a symbol of peace both of which are very important to me). i still want the tatoo for now, but i really don't think i'll want it forever which is the nature of a tatoo.
i can't believe i am putting so much thought into this. i usually go off impulse. but for some reason i've really decided to think this out. heck, i pierced my nose basically on a whim. i dont know why i did that still besides that i thought it was cute & my friend kylie was like hey let's go get it done! so off i went. this is a bit more serious. yes, i know you can get it removed but i've heard it hurts more to get it removed than to get it done and that it's really costly. so new question: is it worth it to get one for say 10-15 years and then get the painful costly procedure that will remove it?
decisions decisions.
but wanting and getting are two different things. for example: i really want a penguin. and no, i'm not kidding. i want a penguin. but alas, i will probably never get one. but that does not stop me from wanting an adorable little penguin.
sure it'd be great to have a tatoo for say the next 10 years or so. But when i'm 40 and have children I won't want something permanently inked on my skin. So thus the debate. Do i get the tatoo somewhere hard to see even now, so that when i'm older no one will see it? or do i just not get one even though i really want one now?
I took the next step towards getting one last night and drew up the dove design that i would get should i get one done. i know where i would put it and everything. then i began seriously thinking about getting one. i've been talking to people and thinking about all the different scenarios i guess you could call them. julianne suggested getting the design done in henna where i would get the real thing and then seeing if i still like it. after that i want to hold on to the design for at least 6 months before i get anything done. if i go ahead with this, i want something that means something to me. i don't want to go get some cute heart or star because it's cute. it has to have some meaning if i'm getting it permanently inked on my body. so i drew up this dove that has meaning for me (both the symbol of the Holy Spirit and a symbol of peace both of which are very important to me). i still want the tatoo for now, but i really don't think i'll want it forever which is the nature of a tatoo.
i can't believe i am putting so much thought into this. i usually go off impulse. but for some reason i've really decided to think this out. heck, i pierced my nose basically on a whim. i dont know why i did that still besides that i thought it was cute & my friend kylie was like hey let's go get it done! so off i went. this is a bit more serious. yes, i know you can get it removed but i've heard it hurts more to get it removed than to get it done and that it's really costly. so new question: is it worth it to get one for say 10-15 years and then get the painful costly procedure that will remove it?
decisions decisions.
but wanting and getting are two different things. for example: i really want a penguin. and no, i'm not kidding. i want a penguin. but alas, i will probably never get one. but that does not stop me from wanting an adorable little penguin.