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By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:29:26 +0000

Are you who you want to be…yet, you’re (we’re) only 23. Isn’t it always a work in progress? What about being satisfied for the moment, here and now where you are as long as you’re working toward improvements?

I’m not saying don’t leap. I’m saying keep leaping, making jumps and bounds but how can you really know what you “need” or “want” to be, while there is so much growth and change mulling around us. It is inevitably happening around us. Unless you sit on a couch everyday and stare at the wall and do NOTHING (literally), then change is inevitable.

Sometimes I laugh and say, “Shit, I don’t even know what I’m eating for dinner tonight.” The unknown is fantastic, but it also helps to keep following your dream. That is why I think the BIG question of “Are you who you want to be” unfolds and molds overtime and is something to keep in mind, but doesn’t have to be faced every single day.

By: Gen Y: It’s All In Your Head - GenPink

Gen Y: It’s All In Your Head - GenPink — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:14:49 +0000

[...] Are You Who You Want To Be: Jamie Varon asks us if it’s time for a change … "In the daydreams, I’m the person I want to be and if I’m still in my head, then I’m not that person. Why would I have to daydream if I was just out doing it? It’s ridiculous and I need to leap. Do you need to leap?" [...]

By: Benjamin Wilcox

Benjamin Wilcox — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:53:33 +0000

This post is awesome. I love the honesty and also the push towards improving yourself every day.

By: Milena Thomas

Milena Thomas — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:33:24 +0000

Reminds me of Nietzsche’s awesome passage in “The Gay Science” about the monster that comes to you in your sleep??

If you don’t know what I’m talking about…uh, I tried to find it. Just trust me. It’s good. I don’t know where my copy of The Gay Science is. I gave it away. Anyways.

By: Akhila

Akhila — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:33:51 +0000

Great post! I think we all constantly have things we want to improve about ourselves, and we know who we would like to be in that “ideal” world. But real life sometimes gets in the way, and then it’s hard to keep sight of your dreams. It is also difficult even when you see things you need to improve in, and then realize how difficult it is to actually go out there and DO it. I have struggled with this. For instance my weakness, possibly my biggest one, is being confident and talking to people I respect in real life. Yes, real life networking. I am too afraid to approach my professors, or to give a speech in public. I am self conscious, and my heart still starts pounding when I get up in front of a crowd/classroom. I want to be a leader – it’s my dream really, to be that type of confident person, a leader and a speaker who can inspire others with my words. But in reality, it scares the hell out of me.

I think I definitely day dream, but what I try is to make concrete steps towards it, and make sure I am doing the best I can. Sure we all fail sometimes, and life is short. So I try to look at myself each day before I go to bed and think: am I happy with who I am, and the life I’m living? I always consider what would happen if I died tomorrow. Surprising thing? I’m usually perfectly content. Because, in spite of all my imperfections, I try to be content with who I am and what I have now. That’s happiness – you can’t always be chasing something, but also learn to be content with what you have, now.

Sorry if this was a rambling comment…got a little sidetracked there!! But great post as always!! You’re such a great writer.

By: Trinity

Trinity — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:31:19 +0000

About a year ago, I finally realized that I was not even close to who I wanted to be. Really, I’ve known it for most of my life. So I decided that it was finally time to do something about it. Nobody could do it for me. Nobody even knew what I needed to do. So I had to make that leap.

It’s taking a long time, and I’m sure I haven’t yet hit any of the really hard parts of the journey, other than the traps I’ve set for myself in my own mind, but it’s happening. Day by day, I make a little progress. Some physical, some mental, some emotional. It’s all a process. If I were to be done tomorrow, it would be nice, but I would miss some steps in the middle, and that would surely diminish the journey.

It’s not the destination, but the journey that is the important part.