setting boundaries

If there is one character building aspect I would drive into a young man it is... Set and enforce boundaries. There is a song by Eminem called "No Love" where he describes a person that shows him nothing but hate and he enforces the boundary...no love for you no more. I set these guidelines for me as of late. I get put in a friend zone by a girl... And I go no contact. I don't spend enough time with my down and dirty friends. I am not thinking or wasting time on a girl a barely know that had put me in the friend zone. This is not coming from a place of butt hurt or bitterness. It is coming from a place that if so choose thoughts or actions to spend time and energy on a person it will be on a person that deserves it. There is this non straight girl that hangs out at black dog and she shows my friends and I nothing by hate. She wants attention and validation that she is important. It is a constant challenge to be respectful towards her but not to show her no love. She has been a blessing in my life because it gives me a chance to enforce boundaries. You can act like an attention whore but when it comes down to it. I am a kid from st joe avenue who's got a but of street in him. You aren't you going to sway a hustler like me off my values. I will admit that I do falter in my value of setting and enforcing boundaries, but the fact remains that I am mindful of ways this skill has helped me and helped others. There are boundaries for myself that have improved my life. One being from 5:30 to about 7:00 that is a time for me to decompress. I try put my phone on the counter and get away from the addiction of checking it every 5 seconds. I am setting more boundries that there needs to be specific quality time for me to meditate and to sit in silence. It then helps me when I hang out with people later. It also helps me figure out how I can be more effective. It turns our being out late at Perkins doesn't help me.in the morning at work. I have set and enforced the boundary going to bed earlier and it has improved me life. This has been my blog of reflecting about boundaries and how to enforce them. Stay busy... Talk to people...take action...give love to who deserve it.