Move To A City

Here it is, my first blog post. It has taken me years to grow the courage to actually go online and make one of these things but I am so unbelieveably happy I did.

My life goal has always been to live in a big city. I figured I would be living there in my late twenties with a killer job in which I get to walk to my office listening to the sound of my heels clicking on a huge marble floor. That was my plan and I was sticking to it. But then I thought to myself, no one is guaranteed to make it to their twenties or even tomorrow for that matter. That might sound cliche but let me put it this way: If Global Warming kills us sooner than we expected or if North Korea decides to send the nuke our way I am going to die never getting to live in the city, and I am sooo not okay with that. So I figured why wait to experience something so great?

And that leads me to tell you that I am currently attending Columbia College Chicago (a liberal arts school in the heart of Chicago) studying Fashion Business and I have never been more happy. I have had numerous people chuckle when I tell them what I am studying and I honestly take it as motivation. I know that the experience I have in this field and my extreme drive will get me as far as I want to go. So think anything your little heart desires but I know what I am aiming for and I know I am going to be damn good at it.

Now don't get me wrong, the city is not for everyone. But personally, I love the hustle and bustle, people watching from my 15th story apartment, and most importantly the grocery store that is so close I can be cooking dinner, realize I forgot the Terriyaki sauce, run downstairs, buy it and be back before my meat even started browning. The city is an incredible environment and I am so thankful I am getting to live my dream now because as I have learned quite recently, life is waaaaaay to short to be involving yourself in this that don't make you as happy as I am while watching the entire season of F.R.I.E.N.D.S for the seventh consecutive time.

Now let me talk about going to school in the city. I know I said the city isn't for everyone and that is also true when it comes to having classes along Michigan Ave and your homework assignment being to analyze the structure of the bean. (still don't truly understand the purpose of it but that is out of my control) But the thing that impressed me the most are THE PEOPLE. Oh my God I have met some of the most interesting people let me tell you. Every person has a story, each one being more intriguing than the last. It is such a different environment than High School or even any state University from what I have gathered. There are no cliques, no one is mean, and most importantly no one is competitive. Every single person I have crossed paths with is so passionate about what they are studying that it inspires me to work even harder. Everyone is pushing me to be my best self and I couldn't ask for a better learning enviornment. In fact my classmates are the ones who convinced me and pushed me to make this blog. Everyone is there for the same reason, to follow a dream.

When I made the extremely tough decision of not attending a typical University it was mainly because of my career in the long run. If it was possible for me to skip college and go straight to working in the industry I would. (But what I am doing now is just as good). Although most of the time I feel as if I missed out on wearing my school colors and cheering on the football team from the student section. I think about what I am missing out on pretty often. But there is not an ounce in my body that regrets my decision. I refuse to base my life now around all the "what ifs" as I have in the past because I know I am in the right place and I am doing the right thing in the long run. This decison has lead me to some very big realizations and has taught me numerous life lessons and I have only been there for one freaking semester!! I can't wait to see what the future holds for me and I am here to tell you that if you are unhappy with your college choice chances are it isn't going to get better.

And if you have a dream, go follow it.

So it goes without saying that if I didn't move to the city, I would not have had the courage to make this blog and I sure as hell wouldn't be feeling as happy as I am right now.