Life is Like a Charcuterie Board Over the past couple of months, as what I thought my life plans were started rearranging themselves like a jigsaw puzzle, a lot of things have changed. Maybe it was at the end of May, after the novelty of graduating college wore off, mainly because our graduation was online, lol, but hey what can you do? I was scrolling on Tik Tok, you know the day long activity, and I saw a post that basically said, "Stop asking yourself what you want to be, and start asking yourself what you want to try next." When I tell you it was like an epiphany! I mean honestly, that thought has never crossed my mind. As we all know, since we were in Kindergarten we have been asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up? What's your dream job?" I know personally I have moved through the thought of many different career possibilities from pediatrician to accountant to bank manager.. Anyways, when I read that I thought, "Now that's what I'm talking about!" You could say that its because of the way I was brought up in the age of the internet and unlimited access to everything or my mother's confidence that I could do anything that I wanted to, or the "Gen Z'ers" for not letting anybody put them in a box, but hey from now on that is how I'm living. I mean really, it's like when you ask somebody what kind of music they listen to. It's rare that you will find somebody who only listens and limits themselves to only one artists or genre. Why is that? Because you don't have to duhhhhhh . And this is why I now feel like life is just one giant charcuterie board. I mean really, think about it. Have you ever had a grazing board, or cheese board, and thought to yourself, "Wow look at all those chickens!!" Like why just fill up on just one piece of food, when there are truly so many to choose from. A little nibble here, a little taste here, and then you have a balanced meal! The true recipe to life is simple, get a charcuterie board, or just make it yourself!
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So I'm backkkkkk!!! It's truly shocking to believe, but after 5 years I'm back on the website that I made one summer when I was bored. Over the years, I have thought of coming back and restarting, but then non-internet life would always happen. But now, it is 5 years later and I have time and some things to say. I really enjoyed making this website and what it represented to me, a joyful space, and I think that this is the perfect time to get back to it. I have, like the rest of the world, been in quarantine for months now and my initial laziness has worn off. So tune in as I share the pockets of joy that I find in these unprecedented times.
P.S. If at any point you think, wow this girl really likes using commas, lol, its because it is true, but mostly because I like writing in stream of consciousness and I usually just sprinkle the commas in the sentence like salt bae. P.P.S. I'm not your English teacher lol! As my summer comes to an end, I only have one week before I go to college, and I am slowly but surely being forced to say goodbye to a lot of my friends. I had to do the same thing earlier in the year, in May, when I graduated high school. However, those goodbyes didn't seem to effect me as much. This is because most of the people at my high school didn't mean that much to me. All of my friends are going to college (YAY)! Some of them are going to be at the same college as me, but more are going out of town for their collegiate needs. With this new chapter in our lives, I am very gratefully and proud that I have friends that are independent and motivated to succeed. Along with this new chapter is distance. Distance is a natural part of growing up and living life. My closest friends are ones that I have known since elementary and over the years the distance between us as grown and shrunk many times, but what they meant to me has stayed constant, if not grown. I went to a different school than my friends during high school, and it was during this time that I realized and learned that if someone really cares for you, and you care for them, then you both will make a conscience effort to communicate or show each other that you care. Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying that you have to talk to these people everyday, because that is not always necessary. What I am saying is that, if you both really care about each other then you can go weeks, even months without talking to each other; because let's face it, people get busy. However, even after long periods of time without talking, when you do get to talk to them again, it is like nothing ever changed. This is because you still care for them as much as you would if you would have talked everyday. All in all, people who do good by you and you do good by them, should be kept in your life. When you surround yourself with positive people and people who promote your happiness, and you theirs, then you are move likely to live a joyful life. To Live Life is To Take Risks!Recently, while surfing my way through some of the many well made videos on youtube, I found a video by a creative named Casey Neistat. After watching one video, I found myself watching another, and another, and another. The quality of his videos is A1 and his personality seems to be full of optimism and drive! In one video I heard him say the quote above, and I thought that it was an incredibly true statement. Life is meant to be lived, and I feel like you are really living if you are really taking risks. In my opinion, risks are what make life interesting and worthwhile. I recently watch The Maze Runner, which was SO GOOD, and in a certain part,(I don't want to spoil the movie if you haven't seen it, so I don't want to go into too much detail), the characters took a huge risk, and they put all of their efforts into that risk, and it ended up paying off in the long run. So I am a huge advocate for taking risks, because you never know what good it could lead to in the end. Changes & ChallengesLife is full of changes and challenges, and the ones that are about to come my way are by far, the biggest ones that I have had to deal with in my life. You see, I am entering college in the fall, and that is a huge step. I am going to go from having a room all my own, to sharing a confined space with a stranger (she seems nice though). I am going to go from asking permission to go anywhere, to realizing that I, myself, am the deciding factor on doing whatever I want to do. Step 1-Surrendering To What Is I have surrendered to what is. I am excited to go to college! I am excited for the new people that I will meet and the new experiences that I will have. Quite frankly, I have been excited about college since the beginning of senior year. Step 2-Letting Go Of What Was This is a difficult but mandatory step in the process of embracing a joyful future. I am currently in the process of clearing out my room in anticipation for moving into my dorm room. This task is harder than it seems. It is crazy how much stuff one can collect over the years, from clothes, to papers, to weird nicknacks. As i get rid of more and more stuff, I realize that memories and good times are not kept in the inanimate objects lying around my room, but they are kept in my mind and heart for me to remember and cherish. Luckily, for us humans, our brains will not explode from too much information or too many memories. However, sometimes you have to let go of the past, to a certain extent, in order to embrace the future. Step 3-Having Faith In What Will Be As a God-fearing woman, faith is a very important thing to me, and I constantly strive to be faithful and trusting in the Will of God. Having faith that everything will be all right is a HUGE reason for why I am so joyful now, probably even the number 1 reason. In times of great change and challenge, such as this summer and upcoming fall, my trust and faith in God is my sole guide. I will continue to Let Go And Let God! WATCHI am a big believer in the impact that my thoughts can have on my world. With this in mind, I am constantly striving to think happy thoughts and to engage in activities that bring me joy. My thoughts are at the center of my universe, so they are automatically one of the most important and determining factors in my life. Perception is also a key player in how I live my life. Perception is all about the choices that one makes on how to look at certain situations. I choose to be happy. Now don't get me wrong, I do get sad, sometimes I even make a conscience effort to be sad, and this is because I need balance in my life. I choose to feel my emotions because they are indeed there for a reason. The reason is that they are meant to be felt. However, the extent and extremeness in which they are felt is always a personal choice. How will you know what it is like to be happy if you have never been sad? |