How To "Shake It Off" When Someone Offends You

Taylor Swift has always been looked down upon and rumoured as the woman who dated a lot of famous people or the woman who wrote songs about her many exes. For me, however she was and always will be the woman who taught me how to have faith in myself and how to "shake it off" when it comes to mean people. She is a good singer and songwriter, no doubt, but she is also so much more. She made me believe that I am so much more too.

When you are in high school or college, there is never a limit to the amount of rumours and remarks that can go around about you. It's a never ending box of surprises, hearing things about yourself from others that you wouldn't even dream of doing. People can assume what they want and they can hurt you the way they want to and feel proud about it. That pride, though, will crack into pieces of debris when you learn how to ignore them and not react to dumb judgement.

Your peace of mind is always more important than your friend calling you "weird" or your ex bringing a new girl. When you shake your insecurities off and stop listening to the haters and looking at the fakers, you will finally see how truly relaxing it is to be at peace. So the next time your classmate calls you "dull" or "stupid", I want you to shake it off like the tassels at the bottom of your dress. I want you to shake it off like when you sway your hair after you just washed it. I want you to shake it off and dance to it like it is nobody's business.

When someone tells you that you aren't funny, what they mean to say is that they are self-conscious of their sense of humour and they cannot take it that someone can be so confident about theirs. An insult heard should be an insult forgotten. An insensitive remark should never be taken to heart because the people that say it do not know what they are saying. An impertinent statement should not shake you, instead you must take a hold of it and shake it off yourself.

How exactly do you “shake it off”? I'll tell you.

"First open your mind and your heart,
To separate the unpleasant pieces of memory apart.

Then put on some beat and shimmy to it,
Bobble your head and lift your spirit.

Now jiggle your body to the left and right,
Your soul is finally ready to "shake it off" tonight."

Simply remember this. When a mean comment comes your way, you must twirl to it as if it is a melody about to disappear, sing to it as if it is a beat in the background of the karaoke, speak to it as if they were the kindest words you came across, and you will master and win at the skill of "shaking it off".