Set In Stone?

After 9 or 10 years interacting with social media sites, this has to be one of the best quotes I have come across yet. Whoever first said this couldn't have said it any better. Upon graduating  high school, I set out to earn a degree at College of Charleston majoring in Early Childhood Education. I had 2 years of student teaching under my belt, and I was bound and determined to be a first grade teacher. Well, as soon as I started taking classes, I felt I had found my niche in the English field. I was in love with reading and writing, and honestly had a secret crush on my English professor(I like that nerdy type). I could envision myself as that liberal English professor who wore jeans and a sports coat every day, constantly racking the brains of my hung-over college students. Well, life threw a curveball at me in the dating scene, and I wanted to move back closer to be near my boyfriend who attended USC(BIG MISTAKE!). Turns out, we broke up the week I returned home.

After seeing my peers post their 2012 college graduation pictures on Facebook, converse about moving away and starting their careers, I have to say--it can be quite the "pin in the balloon." I feel deflated sometimes, but I have to remember who I am. I've always been the one to constantly change my mind, explore new paths, and sadly lose focus instead of turning that explorative side into a positive one. Just like the last blog I started, I ended up finding myself getting busy doing something else, I moved to NYC for 4 months and return back to SC. But then I see this picture...it puts my mind back in focus. I may be one of those people who dabbles in a little bit of everything my whole life, I may never finish school, and may never "figure it all out." The truth is, and one of the best secrets in life is that none of us will ever "figure it all out." We are humans, and we constantly evolve. We meet new people, travel to new places, read that special book that hits that spark and changes our whole outlook on certain issues. 

When I was faced with Anorexia and Major Depressive Disorder in 2007, it was definitely one of those big spurts of my evolution. I learned so much, met so many interesting and wonderful people during my terms in the hospital, and found out much more about myself. Perhaps you have faced a very hard time in your life(we all do), and maybe you are one of those people who, like I was for a while, thinks they have or will "figure it all out" or have their life plan "set in stone." But let me tell you, and I don't care how old you are, you can learn something from someone of any age and at any evolutionary stage every day of your life. I'm only 22 and have found that out. I've discovered that I should never let others influence my evolution in a negative way, and to look at everything as a chance to learn. My advice: Get out there and show life that you are ready for it's challenges!

Love and Peace,
The Life Artist