Stick To the Status Quo!

             Alright, where are my peeps who actually know where this song is from? If you know, points for you, if you don't, relax it's not your generation. Ironic because naturally, I would never advise you to stay in your comfort zone, in order to grow you have to test your limits. So, what's the point of the status quo if you're just going to leave it anyway? Well, I see it more as a safe space to come back to after testing your limits to the best of your abilities. It's getting back to that one thing you may have forgotten that you love so much. Okay, I'll admit, I'm kind of a nerd: my safe space is Microsoft Publisher in the world of formatting. After three years working on the best school magazine ever (cough cough Getchell Charge) formatting became an extension of myself in a way. Dedicating so many hours to that program formatting my articles and the articles of others, it became the best way to show my creativity. Being away from something that I love for so long, I forgot how sucked in I could get. One of my classes asked us to work in a group to make a poster on a resource at school. My group chose International Study, I did my part of publisher. I thought to challenge myself with a blank page instead of a template, just to see if I still had my "editor's touch." I'm relieved to say it never left and I can pull it back up to the front of my mind whenever it's needed. I honestly can't explain how much I love being in my zone doing something familiar that I love.
             That being said, the lesson here is simple: Remember who you are and who you want to be. In high school, you plan out what you want to do once you graduate, you plan out what kind of person you want to be, but you may forget about the person you are now. Don't!! College is a place to reinvent yourself, that much is true, but don't forget the person you were. That person made you who you are and helped you prepare for the future you are going to embark on. Change is good but always remember what took place before. You can learn a lot from your past and the wisdom of others, don't take those things for granted. Remember the simple things that you  used to get so much joy and pleasure from; you don't have to grow out of everything! Try new things, change up your image if you want to, but always remember where you came from. It's okay to break free, to soar and fly, because there's not a star in heaven that you cant reach. But it's also good to go back to the status quo every once in a while.