A recent trend I have found in new articles and blog posts I have been reading is: change and some sort of negativity or violence. The first related to the fact that we are all growing older, and many of us are at a crucial point in our lives; graduating, taking on potentially lifelong responsibilities, and commitment...or lack there of. And all of this is happening during a time where the world is exhibiting acts of hate and violence toward each other.
The latter being the strand of violent actions just this past year. I don't remember if I mentioned this in a past post, or if this was just a conversation I remember having with a friend, but I remember talking about how there has been constant negative energy and signs of hate towards each other, especially lately. With the terribly tragic conversations we seam to be having with each other like, "Oh, those poor children in Connecticut whose family of the living and dead have to deal with the pain and suffering."
But it's not just those people in Connecticut who have to deal with the aftermath, although of course they are directly effected, but I believe people everywhere feel the results as well. As least I know I've felt a bit affected, it's made me think about certain things at the very least. Since these types of situations open up whole other topics of conversations like gun control, and mental health, just to name a few other topics. Those are always interesting conversations to have, to see where people stand and their thoughts on such matters, especially to hear what your close friend really think as well. But I think these conversations are absolutely necessary; sometimes, change may start with a conversation.
These are hateful, hateful things we are doing to each other. Will we ever get to a point were, basically, we can all just get along? Is treatment for mental health going out the window? (I think so). In some states is it too easy to acquire a gun, and if so, are those requirements too lenient? All valid questions I think, and I believe we need to talk about them.
On a lesser tragic note, also a topic of conversation was the Mayan prediction of the Apocalypse (I know that already passed, but I have been pretty sick for over a week, just getting over it, finally). But I guess all on the same lines of impending doom. Personally, I never bought into it, although I do feel we are slowly, or maybe not so slowly, single handedly killing and polluting the environment. And continuing the way we're going may result in just a slight miscalculation on the Mayan's part, instead of feeling like we just got off the hook and we can keep doing what we've been doing. It was just an excuse to party, I mean how many events did everyone see on facebook with the title, "End of the World Party," or statuses like, "Drinking end of the world beer while the world ends?" Seems like we can make just about anything a drinking game.
I'm hoping that 2013 will bring in some positive changes all around. There needs to be more random acts of kindness, rather than random acts of violence. And as for all of us who are about to hurl ourselves into the real world and try and figure it all out, I think there are positive changes coming our way. I think I've made some progress in deciding what I'm doing after this semester, which is a huge difference from how I felt a couple blog posts back. I've got the urge to travel again, so why not get some experience while I get some personal experience and see the world as well? So hopefully, my future holds a summer internship in Psychology in one of the most beautiful cities int he world: London.
Yeah, I think 2013 will be just fine. Instead of racking my brain and trying to decide what I'm going to do with the rest of my life, I've decided to take whatever comes my way, and try and have as much fun as possible. Goodbye 2012, you have been pretty great to me (and I've been feeling pretty nostalgic about it so you can expect a blog post about that in the near future), and hello to the new adventures of 2013.
I hope everyone had a fun, safe new years eve last night. And let's make this a great year. Cheers to everyone.
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