Current Events & Distractions

Since writing about the wildfires (which if I’m correct was my first current event topic), I’m reminded of being back in high school. I believe it might have been freshman year. It was a requirement to take this class (current events) and honestly, I have very little memory of it. No clue as to what I wrote about. The one thing I do remember is a classmate of mine who sat right across from me. She was constantly wearing low cut shirts, and I just could not help myself (maybe that’s two things that I remember from that class). Of course, I took a peek… or several. Thinking back, I’m almost certain she knew I was staring. I feel like women are really good at noticing when men look. If so, sorry Laura. But maybe it’s also flattering?

So… current events. What did I learn from way back when? Maybe that I’m just a dog that has not been neutered! Or that after everything that I’ve discussed so far about my childhood and growing up, it’s starting to make a lot of sense why my average GPA was so low. It’s good to have blood flowing thru the body but when it’s flowing only to the other head. I’m done.

Distractions

Even though you’re in the zone, you can still be thrown off by exactly that… distractions. Life’s biggest issue. Distractions plain and simple, throw us off. They take us off our groove. Our vibe. An idea that has the potential to be something brilliant, can easily be washed away by such a simple distraction. At this point, I’m sure you already catch my drift.

I had an idea that came to me and wanted to share it with whomever. Unfortunately, I was bothered and lost my train of thought which derailed my entire universe. And if that could not get any worse, what else is there?

Don’t get me wrong, when it comes to living alone in an apartment, you have mainly two things: independence and neighbors on the other side of the wall. But from my experience, it’s almost like you’re not living alone, not by yourself. Your neighbors can be incredibly distracting, but you have to do what you can. Distractions are just a part of life. Which is why I know that if someday I can make it and get my own place without walls that have random strangers on the other side of it, I know that I… made it. And that’s what matters to me.

Make the most of what you have to work with. No matter what surrounds you. Life is going to be exactly just that. It will distract you; it will frustrate you, but in the end… life cares about you. Forget the negativity and the bad. Those are distractions that you need to put aside to what really matters. You are the best thing life has given you and it wants you to blossom into something beautiful. Cherish it. Don’t ever take life for granted. As Christina Aguilera has said, “you are beautiful, no matter what they say.” And I stand by that whole heartedly.