I like to learn from others. I take in the good and the bad. I want to know why others do things, how they think, what they want, what they do and don't know, what they should know... I also want to know this about myself.
This all led to me becoming a Public Relations & Advertising major with a Psychology minor at Chapman University in Southern California. I find they compliment each other well and I like my surroundings that I now call home. My other home is in San Francisco and Marin County (Northern California) where I grew up with a large family and constantly wondered, "Why?" in so many situations I found myself or my siblings in.
Being the middle child I was able to learn a lot of life lessons from my older siblings and hoped my younger brothers, twins, would follow in learning from the rest of our mistakes. Being twin boys, though, they felt the need to make all of their own mistakes as a lot of people do, but I wasn't one of them.
I have believed since I was ten years old and my older brother came home drunk for the first time (well not so much came home as got dropped off on the door step in a very interesting game of ding-dong-ditch by his "friends") that I did not need to live through all of the major dangerous and sometimes frightening life events many teenagers feel so strongly that they should; I was perfectly content learning from others. For example, I have never had a drink in my life thanks to my older brother scaring the hell out of me when I was ten and he almost went to the hospital with alcohol poisoning.
I do, however, find the fact that so many feel the need to have their own horrible experiences very interesting. They feel it shapes them and teaches them never to do it again. I turned out just fine watching others fall on their ass and learned enough not to do it myself, though this does not necessarily apply to all circumstances. I am now an adult, and as much as it sucks, I still have to deal with missing a bill and getting my cell phone shut off. And if it helps someone else to drink themselves nearly to death so that they never do it again then that's what they needed to do. There are some better ways to be informed though so I hope this didn't come off as snobbish, I merely want to share learning experiences and life tips here.
Still, for the most part, I am unsure why others don't participate in safer and healthier life practices and try to become more informed on a daily basis... come on, even a weekly basis! I can only hope that by sharing my experiences and what I have learned from others that I might be able to help some people out there looking for answers, advice, even a good place to start.
As hard as it is to be a college student on a budget, especially at a very expensive private school where I am paying for my own education, I would like to help others stay informed and make some better choices than I did in my college career. Now in my fourth year I feel that I am qualified to do so. It is much easier that you would think to eat healthier, be green, and have more of a say in your life and this world. I hope that I can get more people to really use their voice. I also have some fun hobbies, like knitting and other crafting stuff, that I would like to share. Being a Southern California resident there will be some great going-ons that I would love to inform others about. Also, being a PR/Ad student there are some wonderful resources I have to share. I also will put some of this stuff on my twitter if you would like to follow me (twitter.com/jessiemcdaniel)
Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts, I have some cool events and such to put up tomorrow. :)
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