Seattle, Washington

I am excited about the adventure that will soon be upon me; Seattle, WA.

And that wasn’t always the case with how I felt about it. Ever since I announced that I was going to Seattle for school, I don’t think I’ve gotten more crap about anything else in my life. I’ve had to deal with everything from:

1. Ugh, Seattle?

2. You’re guna kill yourself!

3. They have the highest suicide rate in the nation.

4. The sun never comes out, you’ll be terribly depressed.

5. OMG my friend is out there and had a breakdown because they hated it so much.

6. You are not a Seattle person!

7. You’ll hate it.

etc. …

And although I was very insecure with my decision to leave sunny California (my home since birth), I’ve never had a feeling as strong as the one I have telling me that I will absolutely love Seattle and that it is exactly where I’m suppose to be. I’m excited to expand my horizons and become bigger then my Los Angeles boundaries. I was never a LA person anyways lol. Maybe I’ll decide to live here again when I’m ready to start my career in film and can afford to live the real LA lifestyle.

Through this journey, there has been a lot of self discovery. I learned that no one knows me as much as I know myself, although it took me a while to believe that, sadly.

I am very blessed to have the opportunity to study in another state, a beautiful one, and to have 98% of my expenses paid for. I had to leave 2% to the shopping I know I will do.

The funny thing is how I was 100% set on going to San Jose State. I mean it embodied everything that would make a memoral college experience and seeing how I went to a less than normal high school for 11th and 12th, I felt that I was finally guna get my chance to live it up.

Pros & Cons of SJSU- football games, crazy turnt parties, diversity, near San Fran, a film program, etc. The negatives were that it was a party school, had very large class rooms, and I would just be another number with no individualized attention. Basically this school had everything that would be pleasing to the flesh.

I found however, that SPU had everything that was pleasing to the my inner most person. It was a Christian school but you don’t HAVE to be Christian and/or go to chapel. Everything is by free will. It is a private institution, has great academics, not a party school at all which is good and bad =/, a beautiful campus& dorms, good food, etc.

I realized that it would please me a lot to be around people who are walking, or trying to, walk in the same path as me. I personally get so irritated by people who live for the moment or for the party or for the “turnt” nights. There’s no progression in that. Balance is key for all of that stuff, not indulgence. Seattle is very rich in culture, art, and music which excites me.

I am happy to say that I finally feel like I will be where I’m suppose to be for the first time ever. I am excited to grow spiritually, have fun, and mature as a woman all at the same time.