Youthful Life: X

The 20s are all about having some of the best times of your life. The weirdest thing I catch myself doing sometimes is just grinning from ear to ear. Like taking notice of how happy I am in the moment that it's happening and relishing in the fact that, for a while, nothing else matters but where I am, who I am and who I'm with. Just noticing when I am and am not happy has been a powerfully moving thing. This past weekend for 3 straight days I was overwhelmed with happiness so much that my face hurt from smiling (or probably cause I'm not used to doing it as much while on my campus). Another NEACURH conference down, and too many fond memories to recount. What happens when you put four boys in a room for a group siesta of sorts? You get ratchet boy slumber party 8.  People like to think they know a person and we operate under that assumption until they say or do something that rewrites our ideal of them. For me, getting unbelievably excited and being ridiculously happy i...

Being a teenager is all about bringing the ferocity. It's about being a little fierce and bringing some of that well warranted sass. You've got to be strong in your convictions and real with your intentions. Stand up for what you believe and speak the heck out of your mind. Let the world know what you've got and bring it on, like all day long (cheerathon ... #abcfamilyprobs). Get ready for more conference stories, it's the sassy snap. Wondering where we are in this epic story of spirit and pep - catch up on the first day of epic fun with Conference Crazy. That 6:45am wake up time was that ish cray. I rolled over and there was Tay just making the best derp face of all time - I was not even trying to have it. Like let me not pretend I was actually trying move after barely 3 hours of sleep. We got dressed and got painted up to get ready for the day. Bret, Tay, and I pretended to eat breakfast (we were that tired). Learie graced us with his presence and drove us in the...

Being  a teenager is all about living it up with people who have the same mentality as you do. It's absolutely amazing to be in a place where people all have the same common goal. You feel apart of a community and something that's bigger than just you alone. You're apart of a greater good, and you're making a difference. You're apart of a movement to change the world for the better. Come drink our peppy Kool-Aid, let's go conference crazy. Let me fill you in on the epicness of my teenage life. So remember how I'm kind of like RHA  *residence hall association (well at UVM it's IRA) president for all the on-campus residents? Yeah, well each fall we have a regional conference to meet up with other schools, do some business, make tons of new friends, and cheer like it's our jobs. We're in the NEACURH *NorthEast Association of College and University Residence Halls region of NACURH *National Assocation ... which is the largest student run organizat...

Being a teenager is all about doing everything to the fullest. We're teens but that doesn't mean we have to half-ass things or not give our best. You've to put yourself wholeheartedly into whatever you do and make sure it gets done the way it should. No need to slack off or not take it to the next level. We're young and wild, and that means taking everything there like Degrassi used to do (that's Holly Freaking J). You've got to give it your all no matter way. That's the way you should live your life.  *This is the story of my NACURH 2012 CU Boulder experience, part 3 of 3, hit it (check parts 1 and 2 here OLTL  & YOLO ) Waking up and having no idea where you are might be one of the weirdest things ever. I wake up and Sam is getting ready for NCC (national communications coordinator) boardroom, so I tie his tie and get myself dressed in all white, complete with high socks and some true UVM green. It's just about breakfast time but Felicia and E...