Spring Break
Follow bliss to what you already have
Shelley Blundell
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: Opinion
Originally published: 2/21/07 at 11:09 PM EST Last update: 2/21/07 at 11:08 PM EST
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That's when it hit me: Maybe I don't know what my "bliss" is any more.
My life has changed so exponentially during the last few years that the goals I initially set out to achieve and are now within reach no longer seem enough. Sometimes I wonder if I'm being ungrateful and just need to stop whining and figure it out. But I don't think that's it.
I think my major problem is that I've spent so many years chasing after what I thought would be my bliss, that I forgot to experience the bliss of the every day: a wonderful and loving family, a caring boyfriend, fabulous friends and an altogether very fortunate life.
The next couple of months will hold many new challenges and changes for me, but I am now prepared to meet them head on.
I realized I didn't have to "follow my bliss" anywhere — it was here all along.
While the future may still be uncertain, my present is not. May each and every one of you discover your own bliss this semester.
Shelley Blundell is a history graduate, senior magazine journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at sblundel@kent.edu.
My life has changed so exponentially during the last few years that the goals I initially set out to achieve and are now within reach no longer seem enough. Sometimes I wonder if I'm being ungrateful and just need to stop whining and figure it out. But I don't think that's it.
I think my major problem is that I've spent so many years chasing after what I thought would be my bliss, that I forgot to experience the bliss of the every day: a wonderful and loving family, a caring boyfriend, fabulous friends and an altogether very fortunate life.
The next couple of months will hold many new challenges and changes for me, but I am now prepared to meet them head on.
I realized I didn't have to "follow my bliss" anywhere — it was here all along.
While the future may still be uncertain, my present is not. May each and every one of you discover your own bliss this semester.
Shelley Blundell is a history graduate, senior magazine journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at sblundel@kent.edu.
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