a new leaf

Side note about the picture: This is an In-n-Out Burger wrapper. Revelation 3:20 is "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." I didn't know that In-n-Out burger was affiliated with Christianity. That kind of makes me like it more, but not really because I don't really care about affiliation when in comes to fast food and stuff. You know how some people don't like Chik-fil-a because they are a Christian franchise but they are against homosexuality?? I'll still eat Chik-fil-a because I don't care about the social aspect; I just like their food. Subway however can suck it. Not a fan of their CEO and their food is not good enough for me to disregard all his crap. Anyways, back to the real topic of my post . . .

I really don't understand the idea of turning over a new leaf; I mean, I know what it means but idioms never make sense to me. Idioms are #justUnitedStateseanThings

Anyways my summer is officially drawing to a close, and I think it's a good job to redefine my goals, dreams, and of course: the game plan.

PLAN A: THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

-travel to all 7 continents by 30

-become a doctor and volunteer/work outside of the US

-get married in the temple

-serve a mission with my husband

-become a mom (not a regular mom, a cool mom)

-live abroad with my family

-create positive impact throughout the world by advocacy + addressing global issues that have high impact on today's and future society

PLAN 1: AN ALTERNATE THAT IS NOT BETTER OR WORSE

-drop out of college

-join the peace corps

-marry someone who isn't a member of the church

-travel the world frugally

-WWOOFing

-live as a nomad

-be a ski bum and work at a resort diner

-be Alexander Supertramp

Honestly, I think my life could easily become a combination of both. I know I'm just barely into my first year of college, but I already feel like I'm going to change my major and parts of my life plan. Really not sure where this post is going because I'm still discombobulated from traveling and living at a university. weird stuff is happening in my life.

my roommate is from Shanghai, and two things that happened in the last 24 hours made me realize why Americans (specifically from the U.S.) are seen as dumber/lazier than the rest of the world. 1) last night while she was on her computer watching education videos, taking notes, and learning stuff . . . I was searching for solid memes on Insta. 2) She got up around 6 this morning all ready to go for the day and I went to the all you can eat breakfast at 8:30.

obviously, I got to get my crap together if I want to be respected. however, she didn't tell me I wasn't like most American girls. So Yeah! HA. Confirmation that I AM NOT BASIC. At least something seems to be going well. Seriously though, I really hope her drive and motivation to get up at 6 rubs off on me, because I need to be able to have that kind of energy. I'm the kind of person who can get up that early if I need to but I will look mildly homeless.

Wish me luck in life.