1st Ammended

In the fall of 2015, I became scene editor for the weekly school paper. This was my first editor experience in journalism and I was more than excited. My editor in chief asked me if I would write an opinion of my choice for the upcoming issue and I agreed.

I chose to write an opinion on the popular phrase, Bye Felicia. This was my first published opinion and it wasn’t a simple process.

I had my opinion looked at by several people before being published because of some of the vulgar language that I chose to use. After being approved for print, my opinion was engraved onto over 10,000 newspapers and it was put online.

Readers gave me their judgement of my piece and the outcome was everything I hoped for. Everyone that read it, loved it, except for one person….my editor in chief.

My article had been taken off line for viewing without me knowing about it and I wasn’t given an explanation. I was furious. So, I found another way to post it online. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

To Change or Not to Change?

In this process of trying to succeed at my New Year’s resolution, I have had time to reflect on the direction my life is heading. I am facing my demons and I am proud to say that I am kicking ass and taking names.

In this last month, a lot has been revealed. My relationships with the people around me are dramatically changing…literally. The circle of those that I keep close to me are reducing happily in size. My senses are beginning to unveil what is real and what is fabricated and I am glad that things are finally coming into light, but why now?

What has changed? Who has changed? Is it me? After December, reality hit me. I needed to take a step back and look at my life and where I plan on heading versus where I’m currently heading. The path that I was taking wasn’t for me. It was always the hatred for the past and my shredded childhood. It was the frustration of never being recognized for the hard work or the helping hand. It was the loneliness and abandonment of a previous life that I no longer wanted to live anymore.

Everything around me was crashing, until I changed. Or did I just improve?

My main goal at this time is learning patience. I don’t have any. I need to remember to stay positive and avoid negativity, especially when it does not involve me. I not getting any younger, but I still have all the time to make my life the life I want it to be. I just want to be happy and at this point…Im on the verge!

“You’re not changing. You’re improving.”

 

 

2016 New Year’s Resolution

Every New Year’s Eve, millions of people decide that they have earned a fresh shot at life. People begin making yearly goals. Lovers take that risk at becoming one. And everyone, and I mean everyone, hits the gym, only to quickly call it quits after a few weeks. What no one really takes into consideration are all the previous years and what really made them happy at life itself.

I have decided to take a different approach for 2016. Looking back at the last few months, there has been a drastic change in my behavior and the way that I treat myself and others. What’s the words I’m searching for? Oh, I was an emotional wreck, to say the least.

I’ve thought to myself many times, continually jogging the track around my brain trying to figure out why. Why have I become this monster and where did the real me go? Am I hitting rock bottom and is this my “mid-life crisis?” Is this what adulthood is like? Or is something realistically wrong with me?

For now, I won’t know what is going on, but that I want a change. A big change. There are too many close encounters of being taken by those seven deadly sins that have nearly grown to be my best friends. I feel the need to re-evaluate myself and those I surround myself with.

For 2016, I am going to do my best to stay positive. I hear that staying positive brings positivity into ones life. I’m going to mind my own business and destroy what I know of to be gossip. Thus destroying the drama in my life. I quit smoking cigarettes. I am going strong so far, but there are so many temptations holding out that “helping” hand.

People tend to say that everything happens for a reason and maybe they’re right. So, here is to the reason that is going to make myself and my life increasingly better. Cheers 2016!