Sometimes this feels like writing on a chalk board in a big empty classroom- but maybe someday it'll be worth it. The blogosphere isn't necessarily new to me, I'm just not used to heavily contributing to it. There is so much content out there to take in and absorb that it can be very overwhelming! I'm looking forward to furthering this new hobby of mine. I just want to make sure that I am still DOING things in my life to write about, and not just sitting in front of a screen commenting on other people's experiences all the time!
You could say that I'm going through one of those "pre-quarter-life-crisis." WHAT, you say? Is it possible to be so young and so seemingly burned out? Yes. I'm hear to tell you that it is, folks. I'm not proud to admit that, but I worry about the ability to make meaning in my life on a daily basis. I just want to make enough money to pay off my college debt, live a simple life, and travel the world. Well doesn't that sound familiar? Another naive and overly-optimistic college student. My goal is to NOT end up in an office cubicle until I'm 37. Is that so much to ask? Doesn't everyone long to be apart of something greater?
There's only three things that you can really find out about a person: who they are, what they are, and who they want to be. I'm still trying to figure out who I am, thank goodness, so I'll have to get back to you on that one. But as far as WHAT I am...
I am a second-year student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. I'm a public relations major and an anthropology minor. Doesn't that sound blase on paper. I'm hoping that there will be some more to it than that! Either way, I am so very lucky to be receiving this education. I do love to learn, and can't get enough.
I am also a Bruce Springsteen enthusiast, a fan of trees both real and decorative, a Christian, an only child, a drawer of stick figures, a dreamer, and a whirlwind conversationalist(perhaps I do this a little too often). I could spin you a decent yarn. The best thing about my stories are that I have the original content right at my finger tips. I plan on writing an excellent book someday, because my life narrated aloud often sounds fictitious. Perhaps occasionally they are filled with a few colorful illustrations; shading, if you will, but a bulk of the stuff is cold hard fact. Oh, and I have no filter. This is sometimes problematic.
As far as who I want to be: let's talk dreams here for a minute. When I was about ten, I wanted to be a teacher, or a writer, or a journalist, but I would have settled for Oprah Winfrey. We all know that that is quite impossible in oh-so-many ways. I grew up a bit and decided that I could just work for her. Or at least be her new Gayle King. That notion evolved into the aspiration of magazine editor, so I wrote for and then assumed the role of editor-in-chief of my high school's newspaper. College overwhelmed me and forced me to realize that I needed to be realistic: I just want to do it all. I want to make documentary films, be a freelance writer and produce scathing articles, an event planner for major non-profit fundraisers that haul in millions of bucks to save lives, plan weddings for celebrities and/or the gal just down the block, a photographer, a graphic designer,an ethnographer, a philanthropist, a linguist, a disc jockey, and most importantly, an advocate for change. And I suppose someday, a good mommy, too. But when will I eat and sleep and use the toilet?!
So, why not do it all, right? For now, I'll settle for convincing the dominant coalition of some corporate giant that they should really listen to the little guy, and to all of their 'publics' for that matter. That's where the blogging comes in, as a beginning. It's time to get going! Phew, I'm exhausted already. The best part is, I don't have to wait until tomorrow, or for the next exciting milestone. Today is as good a time as any to start making these dreams come true. I don't just want it to be about me though. It's about people. All about the web of people that make up this subjective world in which we live. There's the story. That's the intro. Will you help me get going on the body of my text? Thanks!
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