I took time to make my background and themes and what not instead of downloading some generic one so appreciate it, and be sure to drop me messages. I love to talk with people."
~Matthew~
I’m not really sure what I should be putting here. I’m not going to tell you the kind of person I am, I’d rather have people come up with their own conclusions. I have never met someone through myspace that had a completely accurate description of them. It’s a near impossible thing, because people have distortions in how they see themselves and the world. So, here are some ideals I hold close to me, figure it out from there;
Balance: To me this is very important, if not the most important thing I strive for. To me balance is what’s needed to truly live a happy life. When you really think about it, the only way to live the life of a free person is to become balanced. It’s when people obsess, invest too much in one thing, or allow one thing to over accumulate that life becomes more of a burden than an experience. As clique as it sounds, mind (learning), body (exercise), and spirit (Fun), have to exist in my daily routine or I feel I’m not functioning correctly. It’s more than that, to me real intelligence comes through the balance of experience, and real joy can only be felt because tragedy is there to counteract with it. I’m not going to pretend I’m some extremely deep person, I’m not, but balance is definitely something I’m focused on.
Relaxation: I’m not going to spend my life caught up in drama. I feel like a lot of life is spent worrying about one thing or another, when the truth is if we just calmed our minds for a second we’d often be more equipped to handle life’s obstacles. I’ve experienced life on both sides of the spectrum. Once my hair started turning grey in middle school because I did have a serious problem with stress. It's not like that anymore. Stress is always going to be around but I’ve found that things come much easier and the path is much sweater with your head out of the sky and away from the grindstone. I have a very strong work ethic but I know what becoming carried away, or panicking can accomplish. To be honest I’ve found that a lot of the drama I encounter every day is either useless or misguided, so I just avoid it. I will try to help those around me I feel need to relax but I do not have room for drama queens in life. So I will only try so much before I move on.
Education: I have a love for learning; I’m not shy to admit it. Whether that makes me a nerd or not I don’t know if I care. Currently I’m in college and often I’m taking classes just out of pure interest. I think it’s a shame that high tuition has ruined the days when people went to college to find out more about themselves. Now, it’s expected for students to begin plotting the rest of their lives in high school. Not me, I’m not going to rob myself of the college experience, and I’m going to enjoy it while I can. That being said, although I don’t act like it, I hold myself at a high standard as far as grades. I don’t limit myself to just traditional education, I thoroughly enjoy living life as a means of education, I like taking physical and skill classes, and I’m often reading one or two non-fiction books at any given time.
Freedom: If it isn’t balance then freedom is my highest held ideal. I’m not thinking of bleeding red, white, and blue American freedom, although that’s part of it. I think that we should all be as free as possible. There are things in our lives that keep us chained down and often we don’t even realize that they’re there. Freedom of expression is a big deal to me, nobody should have to hide who they are or how they feel for fear of the masses. Hiding your feelings is how society produces extremists, because without a open area to discuss your feelings there is no way for these thoughts to be addressed. Freedom from external actualization, this is a trap people place themselves in. I do not want to be judged by anything other than myself. I am not my possessions, my friends, or even my significant other. I don’t like it when assumptions are drawn in this way, and I don’t understand people who loose their identity inside the clutter. Freedom from judgment; everyone has their own moral compass that they have to follow. It’s impossible to understand exactly where a person is coming from, although I try. I think that whenever possible people should not have to worry about how other people are going to judge their actions, because in the end you are the only person you need respect from, everyone else can come and go. The only exception is when your actively taking away other peoples freedoms. There are many, many freedoms too many to list, but I feel like lack of freedom is inauthentic and I don’t like it. I don’t consider myself an extremist because I am not an anarchist but there is just so many restrictions that don’t need to be there.
Creativity: I'm a big fan of creative people and artists. I can't think of anything I admire more in a person. The ability to just go somewhere alone and make something great using your passion and your mind, that's something not a lot of people can do. Whether I consider myself to be creative, or good at being creative is another story all together. I will say this, I find the atmosphere of creativity to be invigorating. to be in the presence of an artist, or to spend an afternoon in a gallery, I always come out with my own special high.
It’s difficult to think of everything I want to say in one sitting. If you ever meet me that’s why you’ll often see me with something to record my thoughts. I do a lot of writing and often my ideas come to me at random moments, so I get used to taking small notes here and there and adding them to projects later. I’ll add more to this when I get a moment.
(If anyone on my friends list wants to write something short about the person that I am, I will gladly post it up here. It will be a lot more accurate and a lot more fun, than me yammering on about something I don’t know anything about.)
