Youthful Life: X

Truth - Complete and utter silence is a rarity in this world. We spend our lives constantly on the go and take little to no time to just be, to be present, to be real, to be one with the world instead of trying to master in. There's so much noise in lives. Distractions abound, pressures build, and stress is constantly weighing us down. There always seems to be more that we can do, but to what end? When does it stop? Will it ever? There has to be some place for us to be alone with ourselves. Where is your sanctuary?   "Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character." James Russell Lowell     There seems to be this generational fear of being alone. It's this oddly striking thing others say to me. "I don't like being alone. I'm afraid that I'm going to end up by myself. I'm bored out of my mind." I realize that we go through this abrupt change where our environments shift. We grow up surrounded by p...

Truth - Hindsight isn't always 20/20. Even when looking back we may not see what we're supposed to. Whenever we recall we are coming up with a new version of a story, experience, or happening. It's both a good thing and a bad thing because the way it actually happened may not be how we retell it, for better or worse. Reflection is oh so very important. In our past lies our futures. At the end of any experience, it's worthwhile to take some time and really dive deep into yourself to see how far you've come. This is hindsight.   " The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals." Melody Beattie   In a different life I would have pursued my journalistic passion and become a reporter or at least a TV personality on pop culture. I'd be hosting red carpet pre-shows, doing celebrity interviews, and counting down the biggest moments of the year right before the ball dropp...

The 20s are all about throwing it back. When this blog was first started I was in my senior year of high school. Four years later and I've reached just about the same point in my college experience. My first 6 months of posts were juvenile, misguided, and sometimes downright mean but I never deleted them so I could see who I was and how I thought about the world to compare it to how I understand things to be now. The one thing I do miss from those posts was the lighthearted cheeky humor. I made fun of everything in a somehow endearingly infusion of sarcasm with a diehard love of pop culture. With this post I bring it back. Enjoy and don't forget to be silly. It's okay. It's necessary. It's part of life. This is retrospect.    One of my many irrational desires is to be on an awards show. You know walk the red carpet, fake smile at photographers, make small talk with other celebrities, but most of all be one the cameras go to for a reaction during every segment ...

The 20s are all about going all in. Putting your entire self out there for everyone to see can be both the most terrifying and empowering thing at the same time. What a rush it is to be completely vulnerable but with it comes the potential backlash of exposing yourself. It's like charging into battle, sure you may have the element of surprise but if opposing forces overwhelm by shear number then guerrilla warfare tactics won't do you any good. Say Geronimo all you want but it may not always go the way you plan. Bombs away! *Check out my article of the colorblind approach to race and racism (published in USA Today College) and the inspiration of this post, indie Australian band Sheppard's "Geronimo." One of my favorite days in history (if I can authentically claim such a thing) was the day I learned about the Bedonkohe Apache tribesman Goyathlay also known as Geronimo. After a brutal raid on his tribe that claimed the lives of his mother, wife, and three chi...

The 20s are all about anticipation. Change is a coming, that I can tell you. For some reason, the last thing my dad said to me before I left for school this year has stuck with me. He said that major changes would be coming down the pipeline (lol at the struck down Keystone XL pipeline *ayyee Senate) and he was absolutely correct. The weird thing is they have not been massive so much as they have been incognito. Small, subtle changes with minute yet noticeable impacts. At the same time, I'm ready for the bigger stuff to come on down (your the next contestant on the Price is Right ). I'm ready to run. You know in writing these posts it's interesting for me to reflect a little bit on how even the composition of these pieces has changed drastically and the ways in which it continues to do so. Recently, I've been triggered by memories or connections to things, expounding upon them, and then forging ahead in relating them to the current endeavors of my life. Even this pos...