The first sentence of anything is always so awkward...but basically I started this blog as a creative outlet. Going to Europe this summer gave me the perfect opportunity to to jump on the "I'm going abroad so I'm making a blog" bandwagon. I am going to use this blog partially to document my summer travels, and partially for the variety of other interests I have. I've run a private blog for a long time, but it's definitely wayyy too personal for the general public (or really even my mother..). I don't really have an overarching goal for this blog, it's just somewhere I can organize and combine all my passions into one place. I love art, music, movies, food, photography and fashion, and this is my attempt to connect all these interests through writing. Plus having a blog just seems like a very English major thing to do (and apparently looks great on a resume).
While most of my friends are already freaking out over grad school and taking summer classes to finish their majors, I'm still trying to figure out what I even like doing. I feel behind; but I've always been that way. I've always been the late bloomer among my peers. Definitely the last one to figure out what sex was, and didn't have my first sip of alcohol until I was 17. I was always innocent and childish compared to my friends. At the time, I was seen as naive, but looking back on my adolescent years I see a certain wisdom and beauty in my innocence. But at the same time, now that I am in college I feel like everyone is growing up around me, and I don't even know what I want to pursue in life. Like I don't even have a dream. My interests are so scattered, and don't fit into any conventional profession. I'm not going to lie, this causes me a lot of anxiety. Some of my friends literally have their entire lives planned like a fucking Pinterest board and I barely could decide on a major...I have passions, I just don't know how to define them into one single thing that I want to do for the rest of my life. Basically, I have absolutely zero idea what I want to do with my life, but hopefully starting this blog will at least help me start figuring that, and myself, out.
Well, I'm not really sure who/if anyone is actually reading this, but I hope you enjoy the random pieces of my life and my interests. If you want to know more about me, go to the About Me page, and if you want to read some more writings by me, check out my profile on Thought Catalog.
Until next time,
-Madeline
While most of my friends are already freaking out over grad school and taking summer classes to finish their majors, I'm still trying to figure out what I even like doing. I feel behind; but I've always been that way. I've always been the late bloomer among my peers. Definitely the last one to figure out what sex was, and didn't have my first sip of alcohol until I was 17. I was always innocent and childish compared to my friends. At the time, I was seen as naive, but looking back on my adolescent years I see a certain wisdom and beauty in my innocence. But at the same time, now that I am in college I feel like everyone is growing up around me, and I don't even know what I want to pursue in life. Like I don't even have a dream. My interests are so scattered, and don't fit into any conventional profession. I'm not going to lie, this causes me a lot of anxiety. Some of my friends literally have their entire lives planned like a fucking Pinterest board and I barely could decide on a major...I have passions, I just don't know how to define them into one single thing that I want to do for the rest of my life. Basically, I have absolutely zero idea what I want to do with my life, but hopefully starting this blog will at least help me start figuring that, and myself, out.
Well, I'm not really sure who/if anyone is actually reading this, but I hope you enjoy the random pieces of my life and my interests. If you want to know more about me, go to the About Me page, and if you want to read some more writings by me, check out my profile on Thought Catalog.
Until next time,
-Madeline