Little Alexx Blog

I had such a wonderful birthday and thank you to those who made it even sweeter!

welcome, welcome, welcome back to classes! I braved 1 degree weather this morning to make it to my classes as the Arkansas wind blasted my face, causing tiny little tear drops to roll down my cheeks. I looked like I was hard core crying and all the students that walked past me just nodded like they understood. Here’s to us, fellow students! I am so excited to see what this semester has to offer me.

I think my generation struggles with originality because we can’t be honest with ourselves or others. How we present ourselves on social media or in public is an ongoing rat race in which we must look perfect but not too perfect, smart but also have a life outside of school, kind but not a pushover, interesting but also down to earth. We can’t be who we want to be because God forbid if we were honest for once and we turned out to be….. boring? We are scared that if decide to be ourselves, the majority of people won’t like it. Well, my answer to that is, if you are trying be yourself yet fear that it won’t be validated by others, you aren’t really trying to be yourself. If you want to go out on your own and be who you are meant to be, do it for you and only you. No one else. It is more than okay to not follow the crowd. When getting away from the noise of others, you are able to march to the beat of your own drum. And let me tell you, it is the best feeling in the world.

Being in college and on my own for the past almost two years now has really inspired me and helped my confidence that everything is going to be alright. I have gotten more comfortable with myself and understand areas in which I can improve. I think a lot about improving myself, mentally and emotionally. I think, what can I do today that will make me a better person so then I can help others

For most, being in a 500+ person lecture hall is intimidating and everyone just goes in with their head down, plays on their phone, and waits till the professor starts talking. Today, I went out of my comfort zone and spoke to the girl sitting next to me. Granted, I had just practically ran from my last class to get to this one on time so I was out of breath and freezing cold and and to be honest, all I wanted to do was sit with my legs crossed away from everyone and check out my phone, but I could tell she had no clue what was going on and was uncomfortable. So, I introduced myself. As we spoke, I felt the wall she had been creating around herself dissolve. It was her first semester here after being in her small community college of Florida and I was the first person she had met on campus. The whole conversation took less than 4 minutes but in those 4 minutes, we were able to make a connection and made her feel more welcomed. To some, talking to a complete stranger is the weirdest thing ever, but I challenge you to be an individual and leave the group for once to be nice and help someone feel more comfortable. I hope to be the person I needed most desperately when I was younger. Friend. A nice person. A smile. Anything helps. As we begin this new semester, look outside your group of sorority sisters, fraternity brothers, best friends, and roommates. Even if it is a simple hello or smile, it makes a difference.

In honor of the late Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, I present my favorite song of theirs. Enjoy and stay warm this week, my friends.

Today Mantra: 

 “I AM releasing any beliefs or behaviors that are limiting me.”

Love others.

blessings, A