Walker's Word: Random is the new cool
Randomness is the key to a healthy and active lifestyle. Research shows that three to five random acts a day will greatly reduce the chance of boredom and not only that; you can find some pretty sweet stuff.
Can't seem to find a date? Well no one wants to be with Mr. or Miss Every Day. Stuck-in-a-routine on the spin cycle. Heck no, they want action, suspense, comedy, drama and let's not forget those loving tender eye-watering moments we all need sometimes. Everyone knows someone who says the most random stuff all of a sudden. Well I'm here to say that those people are awesome. They shake things up, rip the fabric of society with their crazy ideas and get rich quick schemes.
I'm not going to say all random people have the ADHD bug, but it does help greatly in living the random lifestyle. But even within chaos can be order. You can be organized, focused, successful but still random, because random is as random does as one person once put it, maybe not in those exact words but that man was also random.
I have a wide variety of friends with a mental illness, some who are bi-polar, a few with schizophrenia, one or two with depression/anxiety and then all the people with those lovable obsessive compulsive behaviours. And I have to say with all honesty, that people with mental illness are the best friends I have ever had.
About a year ago I went crazy and was convinced I had achieved enlightenment and found the meaning to life, for about a month I was focused on nothing more than trying to get the word out to the world. I even got business cards with the meaning to life on it and gave them out to anyone who just happened to be at arms reach. My friends were worried because I was acting very different than I had before, and they were right, for only a month, my depression went away and for once in my life, I felt feelings I never knew I had. What triggered this? I told the truth.
Imagine a time in your life where telling the truth felt so good; it was like that times a 1000. It cost me my relationship with my first and only love, but I gained so much from it. It's so much easier to tell the truth then it is to lie. Every lie you tell will just blow up in your face sooner or later.
You don't have to have a life that sounds thrilling, or more exciting than it is, be happy with your life and the stories within it. Accept and love yourself, it truly is the best thing you can do for yourself. Easier said than done, I know, but it's a goal that everyone should have if they have not yet achieved self love.
My whole life I was made to feel bad about my appearance and how I expressed myself. It was when I took myself out of that situation that the healing began. It took years for me to be able to look in a mirror and not become enraged at what I saw. My mom told me that every morning you had to look yourself in the face and tell yourself that you love you. This may sound cheesy but it works for some. In the infamous words of Bill and Ted, “be excellent to each other.”
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
Can't seem to find a date? Well no one wants to be with Mr. or Miss Every Day. Stuck-in-a-routine on the spin cycle. Heck no, they want action, suspense, comedy, drama and let's not forget those loving tender eye-watering moments we all need sometimes. Everyone knows someone who says the most random stuff all of a sudden. Well I'm here to say that those people are awesome. They shake things up, rip the fabric of society with their crazy ideas and get rich quick schemes.
I'm not going to say all random people have the ADHD bug, but it does help greatly in living the random lifestyle. But even within chaos can be order. You can be organized, focused, successful but still random, because random is as random does as one person once put it, maybe not in those exact words but that man was also random.
I have a wide variety of friends with a mental illness, some who are bi-polar, a few with schizophrenia, one or two with depression/anxiety and then all the people with those lovable obsessive compulsive behaviours. And I have to say with all honesty, that people with mental illness are the best friends I have ever had.
About a year ago I went crazy and was convinced I had achieved enlightenment and found the meaning to life, for about a month I was focused on nothing more than trying to get the word out to the world. I even got business cards with the meaning to life on it and gave them out to anyone who just happened to be at arms reach. My friends were worried because I was acting very different than I had before, and they were right, for only a month, my depression went away and for once in my life, I felt feelings I never knew I had. What triggered this? I told the truth.
Imagine a time in your life where telling the truth felt so good; it was like that times a 1000. It cost me my relationship with my first and only love, but I gained so much from it. It's so much easier to tell the truth then it is to lie. Every lie you tell will just blow up in your face sooner or later.
You don't have to have a life that sounds thrilling, or more exciting than it is, be happy with your life and the stories within it. Accept and love yourself, it truly is the best thing you can do for yourself. Easier said than done, I know, but it's a goal that everyone should have if they have not yet achieved self love.
My whole life I was made to feel bad about my appearance and how I expressed myself. It was when I took myself out of that situation that the healing began. It took years for me to be able to look in a mirror and not become enraged at what I saw. My mom told me that every morning you had to look yourself in the face and tell yourself that you love you. This may sound cheesy but it works for some. In the infamous words of Bill and Ted, “be excellent to each other.”
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
