1. Introspective Challenge: Day 6

    6. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?

    I am gaining increasingly more control over the course of my life as it progresses. I grew up in the same town my entire life, went to the same high school as my older sister, kept most of the same friends, and didn’t care about where my life took me. That is until I lost one of my best friends. After that, I feel like I seized my life back and starting caring about what direction I was heading in. I lost over 40 lbs, got healthier, started planning my life more realistically, and I use all my time very wisely. I am not necessarily more intent upon the future; I actually am living more in the moment at this point in my life, but once college starts, I think I will be more consumed with controlling how my future turns out. 

  2. Introspective Challenge: Day 5

    5. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

    I would marry sooner, look for love harder, have kids earlier, not worry about a retirement fund, do everything I’ve always wanted to do before I leave this world, and appreciate everything more. I would mean what I say and say what I mean. Time is precious to me already, so cut my time here in half and things are definitely gonna change!

  3. Introspective Challenge: Day 4

    4. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?

    This question strikes up a passionate subject with me. Currently, I am settling for what I am doing. I am a senior in high school, about to venture off to college to start another four long years of school. I am not miserable, but I am not truly happy either. It is what society expects from me. I feel that it is the logical, safe choice. I need an education to provide a living for myself. However, what I believe in is entirely different.

    I believe my knowledge can only be gained by traveling, meeting people, and experiencing new things. I want to just travel the world and write to my heart’s content. I was born to be an author. This I know. It is in my very heart and soul. I can take classes on writing and study English, but that is not what my heart believes in, what I believe in. I yearn to just drop all pretext, ignore societal norms, and go back to Jamaica (where I first felt truly free) and write with a beautiful backdrop and amazing people. I need money to do that…again, I feel that my only choice is to settle until I can do what I believe in.

    And it will happen. I am sure of it.

  4. Introspective Challenge: Day 3

    3. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

    Hm. This questions is difficult. I would like to say that I will have done more, but I believe that I will have said more than I’ve done. 

    I am a vocal person, a communicative person. I have many thoughts, and I like to share them with my close friends and family, so even if they are unrealistic goals or dreams of mine, I will still speak of them because they are a part of me. 

    And honestly, I do not care in the slightest about how many certificates hang on my wall or how much money I end up possessing. What matters to me are profound relationships, memorable experiences, and peace within. 

  5. Introspective Challenge: Day 2

    2. Which is worse- failing or never trying?

    Never trying is undeniably worse. If you never take risks, you aren’t truly living. Failures do not ruin a person, they build them up. Failing makes you stronger. You learn from it, you move on. I have failed many, many times already in my lifetime. Yet, I am still whole. I am still me. I am still trying.

About me

I'm Cassie - 18 - VCU bound - LOTR & HP obsessed - born to be a writer - soccer player for 10+ years - passionate about music - Imogen Heap's biggest fan - hopeless romantic - book worm - loves to travel - daydreamer

There's so much inside me, just waiting to be discovered, loved, and accepted.

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