The Power of Being Young

There is so much power in our youth! It's sad that young people are in a such rush to grow up! Our youth allows us to remain innocent, innovative, and full of energy. Now, not saying  as you get older you can no longer be imaginative and hopeful; life is life though and as you get older, you learn and discover more, you lose touch with the "new & fresh", and you gain more responsibilities to re-direct your energy to. In our youth is the perfect time to really GET IT POPPIN (for lack of a better phrase lol).

Why does our youth hold so much power? Because we are innocent. Just think about your teenage self or kid self. Think about how little you knew and how less apprehensive you were. You weren't aware of heartbreaks, HIV, poverty, propaganda, discrimination, death, barriers, obstacles, just all the REAL LIFE aggravations and unavoidable setbacks of life and western society. Being young, you are effortlessly yourself without a care in the world about what others will think about you. Think about that fable about the Emperor and he's wearing nothing at the parade and no one says anything except the child. This is the perfect example of the freedom of our youth. We act from our spirit, from our soul. No inhibitions/apprehension, just genuity. Even as your ego develops, you still remain innocent, the less you experience. Just think about your fears now....what did they stem from? Probably a bad experience. One is not afraid/ hateful/bitter about the opposite sex until they've experienced heartbreak. One is not scared of rejection until they've been rejected. One is not afraid to speak until they've been humiliated. And so on. Our experiences make us bitter....IF WE SO CHOOSE. To not become bitter is difficult though. We only know what we've experienced or what others have told us they've experienced and if those experiences yielded unfavorable results, we try to avoid any similar experiences, by building walls around ourselves.

The other beauty about being young is our innovation and imagination. Steve Jobs expressed the idea of death being the only inevitable act in our lifetime and how it is necessary for the newly birthed to revitalize life with fresh ideas. This is why I say in our youth we possess the most power! Its our young and fresh ideas that are most viable and sought after! We're the ones in the position to implement new ideas, sounds, theories, WHATEVER! It is our ideas that are fresh and different, that will lead to progression, growth, and development. Its our ideas that others crave, because as humans, and esp humans in America, we want something newer, faster, bigger, and better and who better to serve up something new than the newly birthed! We also possess the hope and drive and sometimes even a better means to bring what we imagine to life in our young age. This goes back to my previous idea as well! In our youth we are much more hopeful! We arent as doubtful and cynical....We don't have that "can't do, that would never happen" attitude that plagues us as we experience failure. As we get older, we're reminded of death, so we give up on our dreams or become apathetic if we feel we're not progressing. Also too, many of us have kids and families and all our energy shifts towards that. So use your youth wisely.

I received some great advice from a guy I met in Cleveland: The best way to be is young, playful, and childlike in life. Ok I paraphrased because him and I had extensive conversations lol but his point was spot on. He was an extremely playful gemini who got his point across that being childlike will get you far in life. Sounds kinda backwards right? It makes so much sense though! Being playful and light with people helps them to feel comfortable and secure around you. If you know me, you know I crack alot of jokes and never get upset. I can't tell you how many ppl flock to me for advice, comfort, support etc and I attribute this to my light attitude which helps ppl take their defenses down and generally trust me. He also meant use your imagination. Believe that anything is possible like we believe in our youth because truthfully ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! He meant be innocent. Release your past as if you've never had a bad experience. He meant welcome change. Don't be afraid to take risks and try something new. #YOLO. Life is a journey full of surprises.

4 Professional Tips To Help Young Professionals Along Their Way

1. Always start an email with a greeting. Whether it's the person's name (John, or Dear John,) or just a general greeting (Good morning, Hello,), its always professional and courteous to begin with a greeting. Also, make sure your signature is appropriate.

2. Research!! Prior to an interview, meeting, or event, its always good to research the company or person you are meeting with so if they ask what you know about us, you can say something. Also, it shows that you are interested! And prepared!

3. Follow ups. These are so important. Following an interview, application, or after you meet someone at an event or receive a business card, follow up with them. Thank them for speaking/meeting with you. Its also charming and awesome when you can recollect something specifically from your exchange. It shows you were listening! Also, everyone isn't gonna follow up! You want to stand out!

4. Resume Etiquette. First, as I recently learned, OBJECTIVES ARE PLAYED OUT. Its all about your professional summary. Make sure grammar and spelling is good. Include skills/areas of expertise. Don't fret if your resume is longer than one page, as long as everything is relevant and cohesive. Include dates and be consistent in font, size, bullet style, etc. Also, include a cover letter!

Astrology 101: Lesson #1 - The 4 Elements

I woke up this morning obssessing over astrology and I often think of ways to better explain (and I guess kinda convince others of lol) the truth in this complicated science, which I am still studying and learning about myself. When I first got interested in all this sometime last year, I found that an easy way to really grasp the UNIVERSAL truth of the science was to compare things to NATURE.
So, I thought if I broke down the zodiac signs by elements and explained their relation to nature, I'd be 1 step closer to achieving my goal of turning the world into mystics lmaooo!!

So there are 12 zodiac signs and they can be split into four elements:

FIRE - LEO, SAGITTARIUS, ARIES

WATER - CANCER, SCORPIO, PISCES

AIR - GEMINI, AQUARIUS, LIBRA

EARTH - TAURUS, CAPRICORN, VIRGO

Starting with the fire signs, they are usually desribed as high spirited with a lot of energy, like bursting flames. They may tend to light up the room and shine in the spotlight like Leos are described. They may have alot of fiery passion and be explosive, as Aries can be described. You can think of Sagitarrius as spontaneous and unpredictable like the flames of a fire. Fire signs have a fiery passion for life and bring that light and spark to those around them. This can also be expressed as flamboyant drama and bursting anger too lol especially in Aries and Leo.


With the water signs, I think go with the flow, like the waves of an ocean. Water signs typically can adjust to any environment and fit in with any crowd just fine. Also, I think deep emotion, like the depths of the ocean, hidden from many, unlike the emotion and passion of the fire signs. All three of these signs can be described as extremely sensitive, though expressed differently (Scorpios hide their emotions very well!), while the cancer crabs retreat into their shells. Sometimes I just know when I meet a Pisces too, they just look like they are about to cry lol.

So with air signs, think all over the place, detached, and floating free, like the air. Air signs are usually very very sociable, which I can say for all three signs, but I know we all know a talkative Gemini especially lol.  They will work a room , floating with the wind, socializing with everyone about everything. Air signs also tend to be detached and maybe find it hard to commit to people, projects, ideas, etc. They are described as basically just always floating in the wind. Air signs are also the intellects, thinking and over thinking alot, which feeds into their airy sociable nature, giving them more and more to talk about (but also more to learn about).

Lastly, when you think earth, think GROUNDED. Basically stable and supportive like the earth beneath your feet. Earth signs are typically described as practical, down to earth, stable people. They are usually very chill, give great advice ( shoutout to my Taurus homie @DooWopHooligan), are workaholics (every Capricorn I know!!), and focus on maintaining some sort of stability and security. When I think of Earth signs, I literally think of down to earth people who know and do what it takes to stay grounded. Their nature can also be described as rigid, stubborn, and inflexible, as the earth is.

LET ME TAKE A MINUTE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A SMALLL TINY PIECE TO ASTROLOGY. THIS IS NOT ALL, BUT I THINK IT GIVES SOME UNDERSTANDING.....THESE DESCRIPTIONS ARE NOT THE GOSPEL, JUST 1 WAVE IN THE OCEAN OF ASTROLOGY

Now just to go into compatibility (SIDEBAR: I don't suggest basing your relationships off of zodiac sign compatibility lol that's just simple. However, look at your favorite musical artists, your close friends or family, past relationships/crushes, and you may see some trends!)

IN THEORY Fire signs are compatible with air signs and vice versa. Earth signs are compatible with water signs and vice versa. Now let's look at nature bwahahhahaha:

Air feeds fire, causing its flames to rise higher. Fire moves air in one direction, UP, making it rise. This is how I can view my relationship with my Gemini and Aquarius best friends. They encourage me so much. They feed my fire! I like to think that I help steer and focus them in accomplishing their goals as a Leo.

The earth NEEDS water for nourishment. While the earth gives water a calmer, sustainable, and consistent path to stay on. I think of this relationship as the calmness and serenity of the earth signs bringing the flow of emotions of the water signs to a comfortable place. Earth signs can appreciate the love and support they receive from their water signs' onslaught of emotion, which helps to bring them into balance with one another.

Fire and water signs oppose eachother, making those signs most incompatible. In nature, they are complete opposites as well as we all know. Earth and air signs oppose eachother, making them most incompatible. I say just look at nature for this pair -- air is above, earth is below. Air is free flowing and everywhere, while the earth is just THERE lol. So fire signs would be MOST COMPATIBLE with AIR and LEAST COMPATIBLE with WATER and SOMEWHAT COMPATIBLE with EARTH (IN THEORY), and so on. Like elements would also be expected to get along well, IN THEORY.

As I said, I wouldn't recommend basing your relationships off of zodiac sign compatibility but it's an interesting way to view your personal relationships from a universal viewpoint. I like to think that everything in this universe is connected. No matter how sophisticated and intelligent we think we may be as human beings, we are still less powerful than nature. We are CREATURES of the universe, not CREATORS.

Also, we have to keep in mind that our sun sign is only one of many signs that may be present in our birth chart. So I'm a fire sign that's attracted to Scorpios. Maybe because I have a Scorpio moon. I'm also a fiery Leo who is suupppeerrr chill lol maybe because most of the planets in my birth chart are in Virgo or Capricorn. My point is that everything aforementioned may not be 100% accurate as it pertains to you, but that doesn't make the science not credible. I think the answers may lie in the rest of your birth chart or possibly in the freeing of your mind toward broader ideas.