Beyond the 100th Radiohead Play

Dear Reader,

My annual psych analysis has revealed to me that I am in much need of therapy. This year, maybe I should stop jamming to Radiohead for the 100th time and start reaching out to my friends…. Okay, but on a real note, mental health is a much neglected part of everybody’s life, and connecting yourself to your emotions isn’t as easy as it sounds. Last year, I began writing poetry to express all my emotions while simultaneously letting them go. Preventing myself from being stuck up on old feelings or from completely forgetting the roots of my current emotional state so I don’t end up forgetting and never forgiving. So how can one be more in touch with themselves in order to stimulate necessary growth as a person which in turn contributes to every aspect of our lives? Well, I’m glad you asked:

1. Be yourself – As easy as it sounds, it is really not. The rise of nonchalance is nothing but the defeat of humanity; humanity rises from the everyday emotions we experience and base our choices on. If we did not have emotions that governed us in some aspect, then what’s the difference between humans and technology?
2. Unleash your artsy side – At first glance, art seems bland to a large majority of people who fail to interpret the meaning behind it or even understand that sometimes art may be produced for the sake of producing something to detach the author from what they’ve produced. Artists need not be the finest people you’ve ever met, and you don’t have to be perfect at creating art. In fact, the imperfections in your art make it unique and special. For if everyone painted perfectly, no painting would be beautiful anymore. Picasso says it perfectly, “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” This states quite explicitly that painting what his innermost self (a child) wished to paint like was much harder than to paint perfectly.
3. Go all out for the things you want – Trying out new things is the only way we can experience something other than our usual, repetitive routine, which is kept within our comfort bubble. Being who you are may be nice and it’s who you’ll be within ten years if you let enough time pass by and don’t change anything up (hard to believe that nothing changes if nothing changes right?) but as you grow up you’ll find that people change because they grow up and life just happens along the way and if you don’t grow up to some extent you eventually get left out of the “grown ups” party.

To finish off, I tried to keep this as short as I could, but talking about something which I hold very dear is an extremely long conversation which I don’t think I’ll ever have the time to finish. Anyways, I’ve only preached after following these learnings myself and doing things before suggesting them to you, the reader. I can only hope that you enjoyed this short piece of literature in the long line of articles that you’ve possibly read. I part this journey with you with a question: How do you plan to implement my advice for you? (if you do plan to do that!)