This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to
divide. You can see very clearly two kinds of people. On one
side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find
themselves and their dreams, people who know what works and
what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become real live
adults. Then there’s the other kind, who are hanging onto
college, or high school even, with all their might.
They’ve stayed in jobs they hate, because they’re
too scared to get another one. They’ve stayed with men or
women who are good but not great, because they don’t want
to be lonely. They mean to develop intimate friendships, they
mean to stop drinking like life is one big frat party. But they
don’t do those things, so they live in an extended
adolescence, no closer to adulthood than when they
graduated.
Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.
Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe. Life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.
Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.
Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe. Life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.
understand
that
life
is
not a straight line. Life is not a set
timeline of milestones. It is okay if you don’t finish
school, get married, find a job that supports you, have a
family, make money, and live comfortably all by this age, or
that age. It’s okay if you do, as long as you understand
that if you’re not married by 25, or a Vice President by
30 — or even happy, for that matter — the world
isn’t going to condemn you. You are allowed to backtrack.
You are allowed to figure out what inspires you. You are
allowed time, and I think we often forget that. We choose a
program right out of high school because the proper thing to do
is to go straight to University. We choose a job right out of
University, even if we didn’t love our program, because
we just invested time into it. We go to that job every morning
because we feel the need to support ourselves abundantly. We
take the next step, and the next step, and the next step,
thinking that we are fulfilling some checklist for life, and
one day we wake up depressed. We wake up stressed out. We feel
pressured and don’t know why. That is how you ruin your
life.
why is it that were
always told not to get tattoos at a young age because we
“will regret it later on” when we are basically told
to choose a career path by age 18? i’d rather be 40 years
old with a tattoo that meant something to me when i was young
than be 40 years old not wanting to get out of bed to go to a job
that i hate because i was forced to decide on a career in my
teens
M
y goal in life is to not wake up at 40 with the bitter
realization that I've wasted my life on a job I hate because
I was forced to decide on a career in my teens.
— Daria
So, hello everyone. I just felt like talking about my college
visit from yesterday. I'm so excited about it! Hahaha.
Well, I went to Alliance with my mom for a visit to the University of Mount Union (this is in Ohio by the way...).
Anyhoo, we went to my first ever college visit. I was pretty nervous but once I started to talk to the info lady I felt better. Then, I went on my tour with a current student. Lol, Tim the Tour Guide! He's going to be a sophomore and he's going for computer scince stuff. At first I was like "Oh no, this dude is probably a jock and a jerk..." but no, HE'S A BAND GEEK LIKE MEEEEEEEEEEE! I told him how I am in band and he's like "REALLY?! What do you play?" So I told him (sax, mello, french horn). He's like "Whoa you play a lot!...I'm in percussion...Yeeeahh I'm a 'dummer'." lmao. Then he tried to get me to join the "Steel Drum Ensemble" if I end up attending MU. Lmao.
Back to the actual visit lol.
So, as I kept going on this tour of campus I learned a few things:
~There are 7 dorms, 5 of which I am allowed to enter lol. (2 Female, 3 Co-ed, 2 Male)...I think these are for freshmen.
~Facilities are great.
~The cost of attendance is...O_O...$36,100...but that includes anything you'll ever need. Unlimited meal plan, entrance to all school events free of charge, free laundry, classes (of course), room and board, use of the gym, if I get sick they have a medical place on campus...I can go see a doctor for free, parking, etc. It's amazing.
~The freshman girl dorms don't have a/c but oh well.
~I'll be only 45 minutes away from home if I do end up staying in a dorm (which goes against my original plan of staying at home).
~They have a chapel on campus if I want to go attend a church service.
~I can qualify for the highest scholarship from them if I maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 and get at least a 27 on my ACT. This scholarship is practically a full ride...
~I can still be in band and stuff.
~I'll be majoring in nursing--they just got that program and I'll be getting completely brand-spankin'-new facilities.
~They will help me find careers.
~The classes are small...13 to 1 student-teacher ratio (Which is great considering I come from an extremely small high school.
There's a lot more that I could write about but that's enough. You get my point lol.
I honestly belive that this is where I want to go to school. :) I. Am. In. Love. (Plus, the school color is PURPLE!!! MY FAVE COLOR! It's just meant to be lmao)
:DDDDDDDD Let's hope I get a 27 on my ACT and keep my GPA up this year:)
Feel free to leave a college story/college visit experience/etc. below:D
Well, I went to Alliance with my mom for a visit to the University of Mount Union (this is in Ohio by the way...).
Anyhoo, we went to my first ever college visit. I was pretty nervous but once I started to talk to the info lady I felt better. Then, I went on my tour with a current student. Lol, Tim the Tour Guide! He's going to be a sophomore and he's going for computer scince stuff. At first I was like "Oh no, this dude is probably a jock and a jerk..." but no, HE'S A BAND GEEK LIKE MEEEEEEEEEEE! I told him how I am in band and he's like "REALLY?! What do you play?" So I told him (sax, mello, french horn). He's like "Whoa you play a lot!...I'm in percussion...Yeeeahh I'm a 'dummer'." lmao. Then he tried to get me to join the "Steel Drum Ensemble" if I end up attending MU. Lmao.
Back to the actual visit lol.
So, as I kept going on this tour of campus I learned a few things:
~There are 7 dorms, 5 of which I am allowed to enter lol. (2 Female, 3 Co-ed, 2 Male)...I think these are for freshmen.
~Facilities are great.
~The cost of attendance is...O_O...$36,100...but that includes anything you'll ever need. Unlimited meal plan, entrance to all school events free of charge, free laundry, classes (of course), room and board, use of the gym, if I get sick they have a medical place on campus...I can go see a doctor for free, parking, etc. It's amazing.
~The freshman girl dorms don't have a/c but oh well.
~I'll be only 45 minutes away from home if I do end up staying in a dorm (which goes against my original plan of staying at home).
~They have a chapel on campus if I want to go attend a church service.
~I can qualify for the highest scholarship from them if I maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 and get at least a 27 on my ACT. This scholarship is practically a full ride...
~I can still be in band and stuff.
~I'll be majoring in nursing--they just got that program and I'll be getting completely brand-spankin'-new facilities.
~They will help me find careers.
~The classes are small...13 to 1 student-teacher ratio (Which is great considering I come from an extremely small high school.
There's a lot more that I could write about but that's enough. You get my point lol.
I honestly belive that this is where I want to go to school. :) I. Am. In. Love. (Plus, the school color is PURPLE!!! MY FAVE COLOR! It's just meant to be lmao)
:DDDDDDDD Let's hope I get a 27 on my ACT and keep my GPA up this year:)
Feel free to leave a college story/college visit experience/etc. below:D
guy friend: what do you want to be when you grow
up?
me: I want to be a poet. I want to express my feelings through words and become famous and just every day have words, words, words everywhere. I dream about publishing a book full of poetry that perfectly, somehow describes the universe. I want to capture reality and put it onto paper.
me:
me:
me:
me: *erases*
me: I wanna be a vet
me: I want to be a poet. I want to express my feelings through words and become famous and just every day have words, words, words everywhere. I dream about publishing a book full of poetry that perfectly, somehow describes the universe. I want to capture reality and put it onto paper.
me:
me:
me:
me: *erases*
me: I wanna be a vet
92% in careers class ,
HOLLA!
