Words of Wisdom

I've been known to say "Oh my god, I just found the perfect song that IS my life!"

*See first blog post referring to "The Story of Us" by Taylor Swift*

My friend Yumna always laughs at me when I send her texts explaining how I just had a complete life epiphany based on a song I heard on the radio.. note I said "always laughs", meaning I've done this more than once. What can I say, it's a really crazy feeling when you hear someone else's words and they perfectly describe your life and whatever you're currently going through.

A few years back, my freshman year of college, I went through some really rough times. Not only was the high school to college transition tough, but I hated where I decided to go to school and had to endure a semester there before I could transfer. One way I dealt with it was finding quotes around the internet that I either related to or was inspired by. Before long, I had so many scattered around my room, desk, and computer that I decided to put them all into one word document titled "Quotes". Real original, I know. 

Anyways, as simple as it sounds, this made my life a whole lot easier. Not only could I just scroll through this document and feel inspired, but all I had to do was copy and paste a new quote if I found one to add to my collection. However, I soon encountered a new problem.

One of my other little addictions is www.postsecret.com
Great website.
I discovered it in either middle school or high school and over the course of all of those years, I save every postcard that I relate to. Now this website is updated every Sunday, so let's say I find at least one I like every week, and I've been looking at it for a few years.. that's ALOT of postcards saved. Instead of having them scattered all over my computer with random titles that later confuse me ("What picture did I ever take and title Spock?!" "Oh....right.") Yeah time consuming looking at ALL of my weirdly titled photos. So I once again made a photo folder titled "post secret". I'm pretty creative when it comes to labeling my folders and documents.

2 summers ago I was feeling bored and uninspired so I started rereading all of these quotes and looking through all of these pictures and thought, "I should make this into a book." Hence my quote book, which is what I've actually been trying to get to in this post. I have a tendency to ramble with my stories so I've been told..

My mom has a book somewhere in our house that I stumbled on when I was little filled with all of her favorite quotes and poems that always stuck in my head. So I wanted to make my own, filled with quotes, postcards, and pictures. It's a little sloppy and a little inconsistent but it kind of reflects my mood at the time I made the page or what I was going through at the time and why I felt those quotes were so important at the time.

I have pages of quotes about being yourself and being confident.
Pages about the incredible feeling of falling in love.
Pages about the absolute pain of heartbreak and feeling betrayed.
Pages about staying positive and looking to the future.

It's something that I am still currently working on and trying to add onto and something that I hope I can continue to add onto throughout my life and the different experiences I have.