Preface-- Okay, she's back. Not writing is almost as bad as not properly carbo-loading for a 20mile run. I've needed this and I'm going to try to give another go at the blogosphere, people!!
I'd been feeling anxious and wrote this as an attempt to propel myself into SORTING IT OUT.
...miraculously, but one week later, my world all changed. I then knew, IAMAPOPSTAR is back and in it to WIN it. Boom.
It’s senior year.
Of life.
Postgraduate life.
Post undergraduate life.
It seems only natural to quantify my life in four year increments, since for the past 12 years of my 26, society has made it quite clear that that is how life works. Highschool, college, real world! Some may chose graduate school fresh out the gates, others move to great cities and find their place in the business world, or travel, or whatnot. I’ve taken my chances in NYC and here’s what I’ve learned: I love this town. It’s everything. It’s gorgeous. And here’s why:
I still refer back to my first year in NYC as Freshman year, of life. And now, as summer is imminent, and will mark my four year anniversary of living in this fine town, I’ve reached a new phase of life. Time to turn another leaf and use what “real-world” skills I have acquired and amass them into a tangible showpiece of my being. Graduation is not a concept anymore. I do however feel it’s time for another commencement address as I saunter onward into the future. I feel it’s time to renew my vows toward the commitment I have given to this town, to furthering my personal development, to recognizing that I have in fact, achieved.
I’ve spent some time thinking about people and ideas that were prevalent four years ago. I possessed many swirling ambitions, laced with insecurities and wrought with unknowns as to what my future would hold. As I sit back and recollect these concepts, I realize that what has allowed me to strengthen throughout all of this, are several elements which have remained constant. Seasons, for one, have always remained and perpetually served as a natural catalyst for achievement. Abstract as it sounds, without the seasons, there would be no current pushing me onward to reach toward personal and professional development. This current is nature’s way of eliminating stagnancy. Seasons have taught me that the world is designed to push humans forward, yet you must adhere to the flow of their direction to enable a profound affect.
I have always believed, since first living away from home in college, you never truly know a town or city until you live through all seasonal changes. When you see the leaves fall. When days shorten. The first snowfall. And what never fails to feel miraculous, the day you can finally hang up your winter coat for a few months and feel warmth. Fall tends to onset at precisely the right time to provide a cooling sensation upon activated heat acquired from clamorous pavement treks about town. It’s a deliberate choice to decide to repeat this cycle—And that’s how I know, four years later, it is fact gorgeous here, it is everything, and it is in fact my love.** (**one week later, IAMAPOPSTAR receives amazing new job offer. Fact. ACTUAL Commencement address to follow!)
