About 2 weeks ago I woke up one morning and headed into work. I was bored. What do most people do when their bored? Well, If I had to guess I'd say watch TV, read a book, play video games, or go outside and play. I decided to sit down and write a paper on the metaphysics of existence, and create a logical argument on how all things exist to a degree. I don't know why, but this is where I find my mind at most parts of the day. If you have ever ran into me at a party, I am most likely in one of two different forms. You may find me in a very relaxed, lets have a blast and dance our asses off form, or you may say something that gets me on a tangent where I exuberently expell a bunch of information. You most likely walk away after this, because let's face it, it's the weekend and were not in the classroom.
I realize now I'm just different. Very different. For example, sometimes I want to cook up a storm and create fancy dinners, other times I want to "chill" with the "bros" and free style rap like " we all be gangstas." You may be laughing, but I'm serious. Sometimes I just like to hide away into a book; lock myself into a different universe, a different time. At some moments I just want to sit and talk to somebody who I can connect with, someone who has goals, works hard, but can balance a social life along with it.
I don't know what I'll end up doing with my career in the long run. I have many goals, many plans, many dreams. I've done a lot already and I am eager to do more. But a good friend once told me, " Mark, life is what happens while you're making plans." I loved it, but I also knew he took it from John Lennon. Still, that is the single most truth out there, that and death.
A lot of us are at a point in our lives where we are scared. Where the real world is looming ever closer and stress starts to build up. High levels of cortisol make us ask, " have I done everything right with my life so far?" These are all very natural things. Never once feel like you're alone. Yet, the only solid advice I have ever been able to offer is this, 1. If perhaps you have made mistakes in your past, learn from it! The single greatest opportunity in the world is a brand new day, and baby, we get one after another. 2. If you don't get exactly what you were reaching for, it's not the end of the world. In fact, life has a funny way of opening and closing doors all the time. Some say it's for a reason, others say we merely make reason out of the things that happen, but either way, there is reason none the less. So please, grasp onto it and make it yours! 3. We live in a society where success is measured by career paths and income. But I don't have to go too deep into it to explain to you that true happiness is a matter of finding something you love, not something everyone else has told you that you love. So my last bit of advice would be this, always work hard, understand life is going to come at you out of left field, but just be prepared to enjoy the unknown. As long as you keep on working hard, everything will be alright. And let's face it, if we knew what was going to happen every day, what would be the fun in waking up and living it!
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Mark
Where is the like button on this thing? haha Breakfast looked good.
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