Spontaneity.!

While home for spring break I had a lot of time on my hands. Most of the days I spent catching up with friends and sleeping, of course. (Who didn’t?) But one day I found myself going through my memory box in the back of my closest. In it I came across my senior yearbook and started flipping through the pages. Though it was less than a year ago I was in high school, it felt as if ten years had passed. Reminiscing on the memories from high school and reading the many signatures I came across one that I had not paid much attention to before.

It read:
Alexis enjoy Penn State. Never lose your strong willed and hard working nature. But remember to have fun to! And after two years you've finally learned how to catch a football.
- Coach Henderson

Reading that made me sit back and smile. I thought, my (powder puff) football coach knew me better than I thought! The part about “remember to have fun to” was something I needed to hear.

I was reminded that not everything needs to be serious and more than that, that college is about more than just maintaining a certain GPA. Yes, I know first hand it is good to live life thinking about your actions before you do them, but it also very safe. It is something that I have done 95% of the time in my life.

So for this week I figured I’d step outside my comfort zone and be spontaneous. I decided I would do something for me, something that makes me happy. Afterwords I would than worry about if there would be consequences or if it wasn’t the right decision. At the end of the day the wrong decisions made are the ones that cause us to learn and grow stronger.

I’m sure you’re wondering by now what I did. I went and got a rook piercing. (It is a place on the ear, for those who have not heard of the rook.) I didn’t think about it first. I just got up one day and said I’m going to go get a piercing. And guess what? It felt good.

You should try it once and awhile. Just do, not think.

Signed: From: Comfort To: Courage