Hazard lights are NOT magical blinking beacons that you may use to advertise to the world that you are free and entitled to do whatever you want. You may not drive 40 on the freeway because they are on. You may not load 9 mattresses on your roof because they are on. You may not park in the middle of the street because they are on. I reserve the right to kindly suggest that hazard lights only be used in cases of unavoidable hazard, i.e. a situation in which, through no immediate choice of your own, you become a danger or inconvenience to others. All other uses of the lights are unacceptable.

And to stretch the metaphor beyong all reason, we all “overuse our hazard lights” in some areas of life. We rationalize why it’s okay for me to ________, but not for others, or why something that isn’t technically the best for me will do for just a while longer. The good is the enemy of the best, and overuse of hazard lights and rationalization is to be avoided. Note to self, be open to criticism. Note to self, be less afraid to speak up. Too bad I’m so bad at taking advice.

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