Is there such a thing as too much information? Ignorance is bliss right? What do you do in life when you start to dive too deep and really start to see what's going on in the country and the world? When I started to read what is in the food I was eating, and what they did to the meat I was eating, I changed my eating habits drastically. But every time I change something about myself, it seems groups of people start to disconnect from me. For example I don't have an issue with people who choose to eat meat, but for some odd reason people get very upset and want to debate with me about why I choose (for myself) not to eat meat. Soon I became alienated from those who just want to ridicule my life style. I suppose I separated myself from a group of people. This same group of people doesn’t want to know what types of chemicals are being fed to their beef and chicken. They don't want to see it, don't want to hear it, and don't want to deal with it. They would rather blissfully consume without any thought to the consequence. I think I would rather be informed of what it is, then make a decision on how important of an impact it would have on my life. Instead of “just don't tell me so I won't have to know."
Then there is the whole relationship and dating thing. I know soooo many women who have relationships with men who consistently dog them out, and men who consistently date women who are extremely possessive and overbearing. The only problem is these are the same qualities that those people consistently complain about. I decided to recognize my own issues and explore why I am attracted to negative qualities in men instead of dealing with one loser after another and complaining about it. Thus, I lost another group of people. I soon found out that people don't want to hear actual ways to help a bad dating situation; they want to blissfully keep having bad dating situations to talk about. So when I no longer had bad dates to talk about those people didn't want to talk to me.
Government conspiracies.... “I don't want to know, nothing I can do about it so don't tell me."
Constitutional injustices..." Nope, don't wanna know, I'll just pay income taxes blissfully so I won't go to jail."
Bad unfaithful relationships..."Oh I don't care if you saw him kissing another woman, we REALLY love each other, he just tells me I'm too good for him to be with right now."
Now I don't claim to have all the answers...really none of the answers. But I do know I will continue to be informed and make informed decisions for myself. And if that means I can no longer relate to a large population of people then so be it. Ignorance is not bliss for me!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Here I go!
Whoever came up with this "American Dream" concept should be smacked! Now in breaking down the whole concept, there was probably some underlying propagated reason the government made us all believe that your life is successful if you go to college, find a mate, get married, buy a house, 2.5 kids, and so on and so on. I grew up with this as the concept for how life should go... Fast-forward to 2010!
Let me first introduce myself and why I'm writing this blog. I'm 26 years old and have been spending the last 4 years navigating through the ridiculous jungle of Atlanta, Georgia (no offence to ATLieans). Like most who dwell here I am a transplant from the mid-west. I have a good job (with benefits lol), a car, I own a home and now I'm just now figuring out that life isn't what it seems. I heard a statement a little while ago made that made me ponder my life and the track it was on. "Stop living trying to learning things, and start figuring out what you already are." Trying to learn things.... I don't know, like trying to become a world class chef, a real-estate broker, in pre-paid legal, a website designer, Pilates queen, run a marathon, make my own clothes, design shoes, act in a local play, dry and preserve fruit, grow produce in the back yard, write a blog.... Lol that sounded just like me. I'm just a go getter I thought, a leader, a mover and shaker. I had been spending my life thus far wanting to do things to keep myself busy and away from myself. That statement made me realize, I don't know who the hell I am! It also made me realize that most people don't. So in my recent journey to figure out what I already am, and the way life works, I find myself in a solitude era. So I have decided, if I can't talk and vent to my "friends" all of you out there will be my new besties! (Cuz I talk wwaaayyy too much to just be quiet all the time).
Back to Atlanta and this whole American dream thing. I guess the best way to share how I came to this conclusion is to back blog about my past experience in Atlanta life and bring us all up to speed at the same time. Though I pretend to know it all (and always thought I did) I know now that I probably don't know anything at all, just making inferences along the way like the rest of us. So anything you read on my blog is strictly a culmination of my own life experiences and opinions, that's it. As I blog I'm going to chronicle though my Atlanta experiences ( especially dating...fun!) Old and new just to share and vent, and talk (write) it out! I hope you enjoy reading!
- Nique’
Let me first introduce myself and why I'm writing this blog. I'm 26 years old and have been spending the last 4 years navigating through the ridiculous jungle of Atlanta, Georgia (no offence to ATLieans). Like most who dwell here I am a transplant from the mid-west. I have a good job (with benefits lol), a car, I own a home and now I'm just now figuring out that life isn't what it seems. I heard a statement a little while ago made that made me ponder my life and the track it was on. "Stop living trying to learning things, and start figuring out what you already are." Trying to learn things.... I don't know, like trying to become a world class chef, a real-estate broker, in pre-paid legal, a website designer, Pilates queen, run a marathon, make my own clothes, design shoes, act in a local play, dry and preserve fruit, grow produce in the back yard, write a blog.... Lol that sounded just like me. I'm just a go getter I thought, a leader, a mover and shaker. I had been spending my life thus far wanting to do things to keep myself busy and away from myself. That statement made me realize, I don't know who the hell I am! It also made me realize that most people don't. So in my recent journey to figure out what I already am, and the way life works, I find myself in a solitude era. So I have decided, if I can't talk and vent to my "friends" all of you out there will be my new besties! (Cuz I talk wwaaayyy too much to just be quiet all the time).
Back to Atlanta and this whole American dream thing. I guess the best way to share how I came to this conclusion is to back blog about my past experience in Atlanta life and bring us all up to speed at the same time. Though I pretend to know it all (and always thought I did) I know now that I probably don't know anything at all, just making inferences along the way like the rest of us. So anything you read on my blog is strictly a culmination of my own life experiences and opinions, that's it. As I blog I'm going to chronicle though my Atlanta experiences ( especially dating...fun!) Old and new just to share and vent, and talk (write) it out! I hope you enjoy reading!
- Nique’
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