In The Thrill Of It All

Love. I’ll let you know now that this isn’t the first time I’ve talked about this subject and most likely won’t be the last. The last time I spoke of this, it started off about my brief past to later talk about someone I had a lot of feelings for, but nothing ever happened there that I had no problem moving on from. If you don’t already know, I’ve had my taste of boyfriends all throughout high school but nothing ever lasted. After I graduated, I made the choice of taking a break from guys. I didn’t completely shut out the idea of dating. Just wanted that time off to focus on me more for a change. So far for a good 4 years since I’ve started college, I’ve done pretty well focusing on me & further loving myself for I believe in order to fully love another person, you must first love yourself. I’m an optimistic person but sometimes I fall hard that most people don’t ever see. I tend to fall in love easily & when I think things are going well, it somehow just s...

As you may see coming into my blog, the title. You may even be wondering, "Why?" Well, I'll tell you. The phrase itself is part of both a song and latest album by Sam Smith called "The Thrill Of It All". If you listen to the song itself, it's about getting lost in love and how it affects us as humans whether the person is right for us or not. In that aspect, this represents me for I'm quite the hopeless romantic. Whenever I think something is going right, reality slaps me in the face. But the phrase means more than that. Love is a big part of what makes me who I am, but love isn't the only thing. My life as a whole has shaped me who I am from the day I was born to the moment where I'm sitting here typing this blog that you're reading. 12 years of soccer, 7 years of concert/marching band, countless minutes of music, endless studying for school, earning my high school diploma, reaching for my bachelor's de...