One Day at a Time
Now having a total of five drafts saved in my blogger, I finally decide to blog about this random song I stumbled upon. Go figure. Hopefully this will put me in the mood to blog more. Wild and Young by American Bang. I originally heard it on a TV show, once played then it was stuck in my head, so I had to look it up. Of course then I checked out the lyrics and surprisingly found myself motivated to blog about them.
I have always been the one that spends too much time planning the future. So much sometimes that I miss what is going on in the present time. My senior year of high school I was so wrapped up in planning my pre-law college undergrad and what I needed to do to achieve my "picture-perfect" future. Then when I got into college, I spent many afternoons researching many different law schools. Once, I gave up on the law school idea, I just spent the time searching for what other careers and graduate schools I could pursue. I was always anticipating the next part in my life. The truth is that looking back I missed out on so much that was going around me. However, Italy my time in Italy was a little different.
Going to Italy with the idea that I need to discover myself, I allowed myself to adapt and change to the things and people around me. I had no idea of what the semester was going to entail, so for once I didn't worry about the future and focused on the present. Thinking of the future meant saying Arrivederci, and the truth is that I never wanted my time in Italy to end. From late nights on Via Zamboni or Alma Mater, I lived life to the fullest. I was living a four-month-long adventure of a lifetime. I didn't want to leave with any regrets. At many times I even wanted time to slow down. I even learned to walk like a Sicilian and learned not to be in a hurry. I learned to live for the present, and take each day as a gift from God.
Gotta take a deep breath and make it last
These should be the best days of your life
We are wild and young”
These should be the best days of your life
We are wild and young”
So here I am, almost twenty years old. While my teen years are ending, I know that I am still young; still learning, and still have a world to explore. No more fretting about the unknown future. Just one day at a time.
