Today at school while doing TA stuff, I was in part of the counseling center typing something up for a teacher. I overheard a couple of ladies who work at the school having a hushed conversation about something and didn’t bother listening for a while. Later I found out that they were talking about this thing in Mormonism called the “celestial kingdom” (which is basically the highest place in heaven you can be at - yes, there are levels of heaven). They were so serious about it, and seemed to be worrying about it or something relating to it.

It just made me think about how unburdened I am since I stopped believing in heaven/god. I don’t stress out as much when I make a mistake because when you make a mistake, the most natural thing to do is to learn from it, not sweep it under the rug and repress the memory. I also allow mistakes to come more easily and I’m not such a perfectionist. I also don’t lose sleep at night wondering if I’m a good enough person to get into heaven.

It’s pretty great.