Hey! She’s looking at Marquette too, so I am doing the virtual tour now….

Says my mother as I sip my “green drink.” Time flies when you’re having fun, honestly. As I continue to sort through my nano selfie shoot (because the Knicks weren’t giving the level of cute I needed), from the previous day…I stop. This short text exchange allowed me to briefly reminisce on my hunt for the best education, and college experience overall. But wait - who is it that Miu is referring to? My baby sister is about to finish up her Junior year, and it cannot be more exciting! She’s the sweetest, smartest and most unique kid - I swear she’s a gem.

Conversation goes on in the text and I make parallels with my own university, naturally with me making mention of “options.” I said “although my high school counselor was sweet, he didn’t present any real options…” meaning that he didn’t exactly aid in the search for the next step. The options I had, I sourced. I did that research. I may have half-heartedly listened to what was available, given the fact that everyone around me was mostly interested in state schools, or nearby in Indiana or Michigan and had interest in other studies - I still looked into their (at that time) Music programs.

But you went to such a great school

“Oh of course,” I responded. “I think they prepped me for life in realtime, which - is typically not the case for university students. Where things are mostly setup/provided for the college student, Saint Xavier made us go get it.”

It didn’t help that I had teachers who inspired me or fed into my natural drive to strive for greatness - as an individual. As a creative. So where is this going? Sometimes, I feel like I was my best self back then. LMAO! Does this make sense? Like not that I am not a vibe now, but I never missed a beat with “going out and getting it,” creating it myself.

This is literally what I am getting back to, a better version of myself. Over the past month or so, I’ve had the opportunity to pick up a new language (commit to it consistently I should say…), get back into running (which if you know me, you know this is life for me) and work on next steps for my brand overall - yes yes yes it incudes new music LOL. But seriously though, I’ve given so much thought into how I’m about to go about these next opportunities and I am just going to what I do best. Me.

If you’ve fallen off, forgotten, missed a little bit of that drive, edge or passion to get back to “it”… I hope this finds you at that point - especially with the start of a fresh month and brand new week.

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