Classic.

Classic rock. Classic cars. What makes something classic? I think it’s something that we keep in our lives, that we keep coming back to. There’s the classic things we like. Recently I’ve been rediscovering music I used to listen to all the time, but haven’t listened to recently. It’s the classic music I liked, and I can’t believe I strayed so far away from it. Time to go back. It was part of who I was, and it’s still part of who I AM but I just seem to have forgotten that.

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So, I'm going to take this in a new direction, I think. I'm going to keep up with the whole oneword.com thing on (hopefully) a daily basis, but also add a little more on occasion. I know I missed quite a bit, things got busy for me. I'm going to keep doing the one word idea every day, but every few days I'll add something extra to it like this. It might be a continuation of what I wrote in my oneword post, or it might be a complete tangent. So here it goes.
As I mentioned in my oneword post, I've been rediscovering music I used to listen to, and discovering some new music of the same "genres". Now, I totally hate the word "genre", because I'm not a fan of labeling anything, especially music. The word just seemed the best fit for what I was trying to say. It's fairly well known that I have quite an eclectic taste in music. I listen to anything and everything. That's part of why I hate the word "genre". I don't limit myself to what "kind" of music it is. I never say I hate country or I hate rap or anything like that, because if there's one song in those "genres" that I like, then I can generalize by saying I hate that genre. My philosophy on music is if it's good, I'll listen to it. The music I listen to has changed a lot over the years. I think that's a good thing. I've found a lot of new music I like (and some that I don't like). I've found someone who basically has an identical taste in music as me, which is awesome. I've recently realized that I strayed away from some music that I used to listen to all the time. It was a big part of who I was. Music has always been my outlet in life. The music I used to listen to is stuff that I still LOVE, but just haven't been listening to it lately (and by lately I mean the last 3 years or so.)
This isn't to say I don't like the music I listen to these days (I do, otherwise I wouldn't listen to it), but the stuff today isn't as much a part of me as what I used to listen to. This is where it's getting hard to explain. The music I listen to now is good (that's why I listen to it), but the music I used to listen to is not only good but it affected me. It had meaning to me. It helped me get through things. It helped me understand who I was. Rediscovering this music, has revived that. I've been doubting myself lately, but reviving this taste in music has made me fully confident in who I am, and that's what matters.

Confusing, I'm sure. Thanks for reading.

Bee.

I got nothing. My mind couldn't settle on honey bees or spelling bees or geography bees. Focus is not really something working for me right now. It's a mixture of spring break and senioritis. Oh well, I deserve a night of not focusing.

Almost.

I'm almost there. It's my last Spring Break in my undergraduate years. I'm hoping it won't be my last Spring Break though. Graduation is so close and yet so far away. There's a lot to get done. But we're almost there. First, I need to make the most of this Spring Break. I can't wait for Miami on Wednesday and Key West on Thursday. This will be a fantastic Spring Break for everything being almost over.

Swept.

I was swept away into a whole new field. I came to college to study Marine Biology, ended up switching to Aquaculture, and now I want to go to grad school to get a Master of Education degree and start a career in student affairs, particularly in student activities. I was swept away.

Example.

We should all lead by example. The best way for other people to learn is to have a good example. Our youth can grow up they way we want them to if give them good examples. Our youth is becoming socially inept because that it what our examples are teaching them. If we want to help people do things the way they are meant to be done, we need to leave them with examples.

Final.

This is the final stretch for me. 65 days and I will be graduating. I've gone from plan to plan for what to do with my future and I think I have settled on one final plan. It's very different from what I ever intended, but at the same time it all makes sense. It's something that has been a part of me for so long, that I never really considered it to be something that I could turn into my future. I think this final plan may be the one.