A Life From a New Perspective

   It's funny how one event can take the main stage of the present sometimes. A lot of the time it's reasonable why, like the greatly anticipated hurricane of the East Coast. And of course, sometimes it's petty celebrity gossip that spreads like wildfire across our local news stations' headlines. Though this hurricane could be potentially devastating, it doesn't help that fact that I'm ready to bash my head against a fire extinguisher everytime I turn to hear someone discuss it.
   That aside, this kind of wide-spread absorption has brought a topic to my attention---perspective. Sometimes we get so preoccupied with one thing in our lives that we forget about what's really important. Sometimes you don't see things the way they really are, or you take something or even someone for granted---I know I've done it. And I now know it often takes something extreme to give you a better perspective on things, from missing someone to dealing with a health condition.
   Because perspective plays such an important role in how we live our lives, I'm trying to have a good one. My new perspective? I guess I'd say that life is what you make it, and life does not make you. You make you. You have to have a good sense of self to fully accomplish your dreams. Because, if you think about it, if you don't really know who you are, how do you know what you want your life to be?
   So I'm spending my empty hours (when not watching movies and reading Harry Potter) researching colleges. Honestly, it's extremely overwhelming. Narrowing it down, while extremely helpful, is extremely difficult. I know---extreme. But it's better than where I was before. I had one college and one degree stuck in my mind. It's still one of my top film schools, but I'm not even sure I want to do film. So I'm looking at colleges from Arizona to Maine, and different majors from Special Education to Musical Theatre to Geology.
   All the while, I'm trying to make sure I constantly have a good perspective, making sure I keep my head. I don't want to lose it just yet. I'm going to be needing it soon.

"Stop there and let me correct it; I wanna live a life from a new perspective." ~ Panic! At The Disco