ericandrew's Blog

statement of purpose
- Posted on 08.12.09
i’ve always said this young life has been about so much more; so much more than beers and bongs, parties and clubs and hangovers and last night’s regrets. i know these things can’t be what i have to hang my hat on for the last six years and i know it can’t be what i have to look forward to for the rest of my 20s. i’d like to think that i’ve been working for a purpose, to one day look back and say i was building a better me, world, whatever it may be. i never really knew what i meant by this until now. i never really knew what i was working towards. i never really knew where this attitude was going to take me. all i ever wanted was to take in every last bit of brilliance, all the beauty this world has to offer. i knew i had to take part in something that wasn’t so momentary, something intrinsically valuable. this much was clear to me. i knew i was not meant to be just another consumer of goods and services, i wasn’t going to fall into the college degree gets you a job then you get married and have kids sequences of events. the one where you simply replace your body on this planet with a new one. yet, sometimes i felt guilty for being withdrawn when i’d separate myself from accepted activities in search of something more meaningful. but, is it wrong of me to want more out of life than it has already given? i’ve spent so much time searching for something i could sink my teeth into, is it selfish of me to feel this longing to push the limits of my grasp on this world? in every mundane moment, i romanticize about how i could be doing something more picturesque, something so much more significant. i dream up all these ways i should pass each day pulling closer to this fulfillment that may prove impossible. but, impossible is opinion and i’m going to fend of my demons by fighting for what i believe in.

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