Writing is...
Right now, I am writing for fun. For the heck of it. Why? For a few reasons:
I wish I knew what I was doing/thinking about 10 years ago when I was 16. In 10 years, I’ll look back at this and be able to see what I was thinking that one time I moved to Mexico.
It feels good creating. I used to hate writing, now it has become a creative outlet for me.
I believe writing helps me discover myself.
Writing is an extremely marketable skill and I know I’ll improve by doing it consistently.
While lying in bed this morning thinking about things to write, I recalled and laughed at the fact I used to hate writing. I think I know why. In school, I created work for the eyes of your professor and sometimes only the professor! This changed some in grad. school, but for the most part I was writing out of necessity.
I often times wonder what my life would have been like without school. I spent my first 24 years of my life in Southern California in school. (Un)fortunately, school wasn’t difficult for me. I could just simply cruise by just about any class which would please my parents and offend those who had to put more effort in. But this was only school, not the real world, and we were just learning from other people’s stories instead of creating our own.
I’ve always been somewhat jealous of my twin sister. She has a profound passion for animals and knew she wanted to make a career out of it somehow since day 1 (I think). She picked a route in school (despite gen-eds, but don’t get me started) that would help her achieve her mission. Unlike for me, school for her was more than just what you’re supposed to do at that time in your life.
I realize the education I received is such a blessing. I made great friends, had great times, stretched my brain, and accomplished something. However, It’s extremely difficult to quantify what I learned. Business is not a perfect science and neither is psychology, and with my half-assed attention I don’t remember much at all! By saying all of this, I’m not blaming anybody for my lack of “learning”. Looking back, I realize that I was a bit naive and I don’t think I was the only 18 - early 20 year old like that. I somewhat regret not pouring everything I had into school and getting my money’s worth, especially the networking side of it.
Oh how the internet has changed things, and I can’t wait to see how the school system evolves with it. Hopefully.
That’s enough for now on my school ranting. There’s probably a significant amount of people who have found there passions while taking on a new subject in school. This was not I. Onwards!
Stoke Report
Yesterday was a pretty stokeful day. Much internet creating may attribute some to this.
Also, I fasted all day. Each time that I’ve fasted, my brain does seem to stay alive. I woke up at 4 am this morning and grubbed out on some eggs. I bought some beef liver from the market yesterday. This market was a giant, slightly air-conditioned warehouse with an arcade in it. Right smack dab in the center of it was a giant dead rat. Anyways, I plan on munchin’ the beef liver today. I’ve never had liver, but I’m sure my source was great. Right? We’ll see. I’ll let you know tomorrow.