Summer 2012
It's somewhat hard to believe that it's summer again already. Despite the fact that it was a failry mild winter, it still comes as a surprise how quickly the seasons do go by as I get older.
The other day I went back and read nearly every Livejournal entry that I posted from the summer of 2004, a time I often consider the best of my life. At this point my Livejournal posts are one of the only things I have that allow me to understand why I cherish that time so much. I cam up with several reason why: First, I had no job, but plenty of money. That's a simple one. Graduate high school and receive money from friends and relatives. Second, I had many new friends that I made in the last half of my senior year, most of whom were not really into drinking/partying. Not that it would have been a big deal if we were, but I think the excitement of life and freedom outside of high school was plenty for us. We stayed out late, chilled at Steve's house, went skateboarding (all the time), bowling (all the time), and even played kids games such as Blind Man's Bluff on school playgrounds really late at night. We even hung out at Subway by Steve's house without getting bored whatsoever, waiting for Kim, Lydia, Steve, and whoever else to get off of work. Lastly, it was a transition period. It was a last hoorah, so to speak, for all of us to hang out all day everyday before we went to college or back high school (for some of our younger friends).
Needless to say, things don't feel quite the same anymore. Not in a bad way necessarily, just not the way it was. I spent a lot of time thinking or wanting things to be the way they used to be, until very recently. I am working on changing my approach. My new approach is to do more. It's really simple and it exists in many forms. My choice to start skateboarding again was possibly, my unconscious decision to changing my approach before I realized it. I have decided that 26 is still very young, and that I should hang out with my friends a lot since they may not ever live this close again (even though we don't all live in Canton anymore). I believe we grow up thinking that we should be in a certain stage of our lives at a certain age based on what we see from the people that shape our beliefs as children. Now I could probably go on and on and make tons of generalities about society and how it pushes people to live based on some invisible predetermined path, but I will just stop here. I really just want to say that I am thankful for my family, friends, and the lovely season of summer. I am going to try my hardest to enjoy every moment I can for the next few months and the remainder of the year.
Need to get back to work now, so I don't have time to proof read or spell check.
The other day I went back and read nearly every Livejournal entry that I posted from the summer of 2004, a time I often consider the best of my life. At this point my Livejournal posts are one of the only things I have that allow me to understand why I cherish that time so much. I cam up with several reason why: First, I had no job, but plenty of money. That's a simple one. Graduate high school and receive money from friends and relatives. Second, I had many new friends that I made in the last half of my senior year, most of whom were not really into drinking/partying. Not that it would have been a big deal if we were, but I think the excitement of life and freedom outside of high school was plenty for us. We stayed out late, chilled at Steve's house, went skateboarding (all the time), bowling (all the time), and even played kids games such as Blind Man's Bluff on school playgrounds really late at night. We even hung out at Subway by Steve's house without getting bored whatsoever, waiting for Kim, Lydia, Steve, and whoever else to get off of work. Lastly, it was a transition period. It was a last hoorah, so to speak, for all of us to hang out all day everyday before we went to college or back high school (for some of our younger friends).
Needless to say, things don't feel quite the same anymore. Not in a bad way necessarily, just not the way it was. I spent a lot of time thinking or wanting things to be the way they used to be, until very recently. I am working on changing my approach. My new approach is to do more. It's really simple and it exists in many forms. My choice to start skateboarding again was possibly, my unconscious decision to changing my approach before I realized it. I have decided that 26 is still very young, and that I should hang out with my friends a lot since they may not ever live this close again (even though we don't all live in Canton anymore). I believe we grow up thinking that we should be in a certain stage of our lives at a certain age based on what we see from the people that shape our beliefs as children. Now I could probably go on and on and make tons of generalities about society and how it pushes people to live based on some invisible predetermined path, but I will just stop here. I really just want to say that I am thankful for my family, friends, and the lovely season of summer. I am going to try my hardest to enjoy every moment I can for the next few months and the remainder of the year.
Need to get back to work now, so I don't have time to proof read or spell check.