The Perks of Being A Wallflower.

Nostalgia.

Last class ever.

….well…as an underGRAD. 

I remember, distinctly, the first day of college.  It was a brisk, cool, sunny autumn monday. My I-home blasted some Fall of Troy to wake me from my slumber.  I wore my favorite bullheads…plaid button-up…flip flops and my [nowconsideredhipster] specs. Hair was a messy, yet refined piece of artwork and my teeth tasted a minty freshness that rivaled the fresh air that engulfed my neighborhood. 

Commuter. Didn’t have the luxury of living on campus..but i made due.  After two years, i decided to make a transfer because the major i was currently engaged in was on the back-burner of the legislative board of the University.  However, my little darlings, the consequences i did encounter were non-articulated credits.  29 to be exact. A year set back in overrated, overpriced, underqualified education?  Hard to swallow.

New campus, new friends, new colleuges, new professors, same budget crisis.  Classes are being cut left and right.  Chaos everywhere. I chose to have a beer more often then a study partner.

Vague memories and repetitive rhetoric.

Until this day.

Until tomarrow.

Tomarow, indeed is my last day of undergrad studies.

So…

Tomarow, i will wake up to the sounds of The Fall of Troy, keep my current style, and drive to HP 125, walk those long-waited last steps, write down my last paragraph of my final, put down my pen, breathe, and walk away.

Away.

5 years of full time work, internships, coaching, girlfriends, family dramatics, all-nighters of drone-like studying that was interrupted by frequent facebook/tumblr/knitting breaks.

I am tagging my name and identity onto schoolgrounds. Somewhere. On both campuses.

Leaving my mark. No matter how insignificant it is to anyone else.

Walking away…

To life. 

There is No Catalyst.

In my observations…past and recent..ive come to the conclusion that the never-ending pursuit for the that “magical” catalyst to make life better, easier, and more convienent seems to overlay the importance of the actual hard work that it takes to have a life that is better, easier, and more convienent.  

We live in a country where instant gratification claims throne to the satisfaction of one.  Our cars gotta be faster, our foods gotta be quicker (and good tasting AND lookin), our education process is becoming less and less timeworthy to obtain.

From the 3 year bachelor degreee programs to the pluthera of microwaved foods that infest our supermarkets…it would be logical to think that we are pretty spoiled and blessed (oh no!) to have the options that we do.

HOWEVER!!

There always seems to be that “missing link” that everyone is in serach for.

Whether it be the consumer demand that drives business men to come up quick-money schemes or the relaiance of someone to come up with the “best” new idea.

One good example i could think of right on top of my head is physical fitness.

The general public, due to the media pressure to be thin and look pretty, wants to be fit.  But i would say most of the general public, NOT ALL, beleive that being “fit” means being thin. Being fit means healthy on the inside most of all and not being obese.  a lil bit of fat IS ok…the most fit people on earth all have fat on them..and consume FATS and CARBS…….i kno right??

The whole “No trans fat” fad and the low carb stuff are trends by far…in order to lose fat is weeks and weeks of cardio and light lighting.  thats it.  Besides eating right, there is NO catalyst to losing weight.  There is no magic workout in 30 min that could melt ur fat away.  There is no magic pill to make it all go away.  It takes  DEDICATION, ATTITUDE, and DETERMINATION in order to be truly fit..

I see people who have routines in their daily lives that seems to wokr for them..and thats great.  But i too often see people who change up their routine..ALOT..i guess theur trying to find that right rotatrion of ways to get ready..study..eat…read..watever.  Are they looking for that catalyst?? u be the judge.

i beleive that if are reading this..u get the jist of what im tryin to say..pretty much common sense..

In life, time and perseverance wins.