Entry 1

Hello!

                My name is Jacqui. This is my first time on this website, and I think I like it! I designed this page as it best reflects my personality- that is to say, I try to keep my energy and my plane of thought on the more tranquil side where I can, since the rest of my life is loud and busy and full of distractions.

                Right now, the most important thing to me is getting through my education. It is essential that I keep my head above the financial tide long enough to get through college and into my career field. However, as I am supporting myself working full-time, and am a recent transplant to the Bay Area, it’s difficult at times to keep going.

Through the muck and monotony of everyday life, it’s hard to save time for things that give me a buzz and allow me to decompress. Mostly, the things that really light my fire are the things that I come face to face with on a regular basis. It sometimes discourages me that these issues aren’t more worldly and insightful, however I try to remedy that by finding some link between them.

                My current passions include breed-restrictive dog laws and discrimination, body-positive and anti-derogatory female verbiage awareness, proper restaurant tipping, and, of course, my major and eventual dream-job.

                I don’t believe that practice makes perfect, but I do believe that practice might make you better. I’ve been out of formal practice in English for almost five years, and it’s high time that I pick the pen back up. I have always carried an aptitude for writing, and for that reason I’d like to staple it to any future credential that I may receive. I believe that everyone is dealt a set of cards, and it is one’s obligation to play their aces. That is not to say that I am by any means better or more astute than the next person. After all, I am in this class and did not test out.

                Dropping out of college at nineteen was the biggest mistake I’ve made thus far. However, now at almost twenty-four, that mistake has instilled in me a sense of urgency, eagerness to learn, to succeed, and to progress. I understand now more than ever the importance of college and the limitless doors that a degree may open.

So there is a little snapshot of me. I look forward to this semester!