Hello World

   Two weeks ago, a very good friend of mine told me that I should start a blog to document my journey to becoming a fashion designer. So here we are today. I am writing this, you are reading it and well, you must have some sort of interest in what I have to say, otherwise you would be finding other things to spend your time doing. This blog will be about my life and whatever I feel like writing about. That's the beauty of it, isn't it? Painters lose their passion for creation when prices are set on their work, dancers lose their love for movement when all that matters are medals and writers stop typing because their minds can't properly process words when all they can think about are deadlines. I have enjoyed writing poetry, lyrics and short stories ever since I was very young, as long as it is on my own terms. 
    Society as a whole has managed to drain creativity from so many outlets. Why is it that when money becomes limited, our educational system first cuts the funding to the drama, music and athletic departments? Mind you, these departments are what keep students in school in the first place. These are the outlets that get kids excited to go to school, to accomplish something, to create something with their minds, their hearts and their words. School isn't about learning that there are 1,760 yards in a mile, its about students learning organizational skills, teaching themselves how to use critical thinking and finding their own voice in a sea of a million other voices. 
    It's things like this that give me the drive to become what I wish to be. There are so many things in the world that I want to change, that I know I can change or at least make better. I have learned more about myself in these past two months than I have in my entire existence. I have this hunger for life that can no longer be repressed. Like this unsatisfied appetite to live without worrying about what my next move will be, or what I need to do to get there. 
    I have learned that I don't like to sit in one place for too long. I have learned that spontaneity makes me more happy than anything else ever will. It's something I have known about myself for awhile now, but these past few weeks have made it all very clear. I have absolutely no interest in planning the rest of my life from beginning to end and I have a very good explanation; I do not know when my time here will end. My clock is ticking as we speak, ALL of our clocks are ticking. Being complacent is no longer an option. I want to go to sleep knowing that I did everything I could to make that day the best I could. 
    Holding back gets you no where. Thoughts that are stuck in your head but never leave your tongue are trivial. The thing that people don't realize is we all have the chance to be something great, it's just a matter of who wants to take risks and who wants to settle for mediocrity. I have learned that I am so much stronger than I ever gave myself credit for. So how about this.. 2012 will be my year of strength. I will finish my last 6 classes of college and I will enjoy every second no matter what happens. Because life is what you make of it, and I'm making mine worth something.