Journal 1: About Me

My first thoughts that arose while reading the journal prompt for this assignment consisted primarily of "what should I write?" and "what can I say about myself?". The questions that I have asked myself should be fairly simplistic to answer, correct? Well, turns out, no. Of course, I can say I am a current student at the University of Arizona, I'm majoring in Economics (although the intelligence of this decision is still in question), and I have hobbies like biking and reading. But in all honestly, this is my automatic answer to the age old question to "who are you". As people, from what I have noticed, we all tend to collect a base of automated answers to common questions. But ultimatly, this clearly does not tell you the audience enough about myself. At minimum, it barley glazes the surface. Thus, I will make more of an effort to delve deeper into myself in order to provide a adequate and informable paragraph or two about myself.

First, I'm not sure if it was obvious or not (depending on my perception versus your perception of my own writing) of the previous paragraph, but I love writing. As Anais Nin said, "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection." Her quote not only applies to my own view or writing, but it can easily correlate with this journal entry. I am aware of my own life, my far off dreams, difficult reaching goals, the moments that provided elated smiles and those moments that gave way to the unhappiness that many of us continuously flee from. Yet, writing about myself allows me to re-live every moment while thinking about it and laying it on paper (or in this case, a computer screen). Another thing that may have been noted from what has already been writing is I am a quote lover who finds inspiration in the words of other (or at least unitl I can become famous enough to formulate intelligent and inspirational saying that attract others).

Besides being a fan of writing, a inspiration seeker in quotes, and a somewhat seemingly egoistical person (I'm hoping this is only my inference of myself, not yours) I tend to be a very fast paced person. "Fast paced" being a euphemism for "impatient". Thus, I have the opinion that I would much better "fit in" in a big city, as oppose to Tucson. I've never truly been a fan of the copius amount of cacti (to say the least) that grace the flat, dry, and brown landscape of the desert. But for those who find something spectacular about it, more power to you.

Now that I have described my passion for writing, my solace in quotes, my impatience, and my abhorrance for the desert in which we reside, I also have a love for dark chocolate, coffee, and tea. It is always a intelligent choice to pair one of those with a book. Besides enjoying writing, I also will never turn away from reading a good book. The spectrum that much of my reading falls into goes from books by Thomas Friedman (he writes about many issues facing the world today) to books by Hemmingway and Charlotte Bronte.

Overall, while this may not exactly be a complete work of writing in regard to myself, it does offer more of an accurate presentation to the type of person I am. It describes some of my favorite hobbies, my personality, and likes/dislikes. While it would be very entertaining to continue writing about myself (this does have a hint of narcissism, right?) I have quite a substancial amount of other homework to complete.