Yo. Guys.
Remember that one blog post I wrote about learning to ride my bike around spring last year? The one where I was encouraging you to do stuff you've always wanted to do? And how I mentioned I also wanted to cross learning to juggle off my bucket list?
Yeah, I didn't remember that either until just now reading back on some old posts. (Exact words: "That, and learning how to juggle and dive but one at a time, Elyssa")
But.
Guess what? I did it. I finally learned. (Spoiler alert: I also learned how to dive during last year's summer but right now, we're gonna focus on the juggling part. ok? ok.)
[insert picture of me aesthetically juggling here]
Okay so if you were to ask me to juggle on the spot right now, I probably can't be able to go all the way to the 5th catch. Still struggling with the juggling. But...
Continue on to describe your juggling journey.
Now, was this blog post made just so I can gloat about my newly-acquired skill, one may ask. In which I answer - partly. But you know me and this "sparkly 9-to-5" thing, I wanna make these posts for you. I want you to be the one sparklin' up your 9-to-5. Duh.
So I'm here, on an annual reminder to remind you to DO STUFF. Because.............. (totally not ripping off last year's slogan but)........... IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?
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"Do it. If not now, then when? I know life gets in the way, with homework, work in general, house chores, so many to-do’s.. but we’ve only got one life. And my plan is to do as much things that I possibly can do as I can! Plus, a few spared minutes couldn’t hurt, right?"
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+ here's this year's additional rendition on the whole spiel:
It bums me that these guys don't count for anything when it comes to college applications, job applications, resumes, the like. That some may argue (and rightfully they do) that pursuing these "mini achievements" in the long run, are pointless. "Wouldn't you rather study [chemistry]?" "Why waste your time doing that when you can study for the SATs?"
But I think. These small feats do account for something. Why must an achievement be paper-worthy for us to finally be able to be happy about it? Why must it be validated by a group of anonymous beings behind big desks for us to finally feel proud? Are these itself not accomplishments on their own?
I, for one, would love to go on to master dribbling a basketball between my legs... or juggling a soccer ball on my knees... or skateboarding without falling off 5 seconds later! So what if these feats don't fit in the standard frame of "success"? So what if these won't fall into the words of compliments your parents gush about you to other parents? Because it seems embarrassingly frivolous compared to Susan's 4.4 gpa.
Just do it. Simply for the sake of doing it.
Love,
Elyssa
your part-time biker, juggler, and diver