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Sometimes it feels like I'm in a movie theater watching my life play out in front of me on the big screen, never knowing what comes next. Not shockingly, I've been told by numerous people that with the amount of drama, hilarity, and straight up weird things that happen in my life that it should be a movie. I'd like to call it a romantic comedy, except there's a bit missing in the romance department. Moving right along...
I've noticed that killing with kindness doesn't always work, and that having a laid-back attitude where I don't care what the public perception of me is proves to be surprisingly difficult to maintain when those around you choose to clash with you. It's a challenge, no doubt, but I feel it is one that is completely worth the struggle. Yet I'm surprised that when others ask for that advice they seem reluctant to accept the medicine they just asked for. Why is that? Perhaps it has something to do with hearing an ugly truth that they don't want to hear. Perhaps it's because they just wanted some ambient noise so they could try and solve their own problems. It's all irrelevant when you realize that the advice I offer is something that can only be understood once one has undergone many of life's growing pains that I have. I guess the long and short of it is, with age comes wisdom.
Now I am by no means old, and I am by no means omniscient, but I do feel at times that I am an old soul of my generation. I say that simply because I have become a journeyman of sorts in terms of my work and the diverse experiences that comes with it. I have been thrust into a position where personal growth and maturation are topics frequently referenced at all of my work locations, where communication and conflict resolution are staples of dialogue, and where leadership becomes something that I implement in my daily life. I don't mean to boast in the slightest, I just wish to offer some perspective into where I come from as a person, and why I adapt the philosophy that I do. If you choose to follow something similar to me, by all means come knock on my door, let's have a chat, and I'd be more than glad to have a conversation to you. But there is one thing that I insist you do not do.
Don't come to me asking for advice that will change your life, because only you have the power to do so.
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I am currently a graduate student studying education and will update my thoughts and experiences here periodically. Though the content of my blog may not always be the most intellectually stimulating, I believe that there is always a lesson to be learned from my posts, even if it's just a nonsensical story. I find poetry in ordinary life experiences and capture what memories I can through my camera's lens. At the end of the day I'm just another regular guy who needs to write his thoughts somewhere, and I hope you get some enjoyment out of my musings.
All of the best,
BK
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