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Blog 1: I do not know

Sitting in a cafe makes me realize that a lot of the time you do not know anything at all. I am sitting in a cafe trying to study for my finals, yet I do not know anything at all. Not because I don't understand what is in my notebook, I could recite all my notes with my eyes closed, but because when I lift up my head and smell the sweet scent of freshly baked cookies: I do not know. I ignore what goes through everybody's head. Are the guys dressed in biking gear thinking about what music is playing or are they thinking about their next golf match? I also ignore what music is actually playing since I have my headphones in. The plant in the corner, is it naturally from America or is it actually from Africa or maybe Australia?

So much is happening and I am so busy focusing on my life and my head that I ignore the little details. I want to know where they get their coffee beans from but I do not actually care since I am drinking lemonade right now. It's sweet yet bitter just like me. I want to know everything, not because I am curious or I care but because knowledge would mean I could be something, someone.

If you only know what you are taught, do you really know anything real? And if you do not know anything real, are you really that interesting? Am I that interesting?
Blog 2: I find it weird that a moment can pass.

I had the time of my life the other day, my friend came to visit me from Boston and we went to a music festival. It sounds like a lot, but my favourite part, the one that made me feel like I was on a cloud, was when we were walking on some tiny street. High above us, the sky was without a cloud and around us the street was empty. Not a sound was to be heard but our laughs. I remember clearly that as I looked around and tried to take it in as much as possible, I already knew that this moment would be a memory I would not forget.

We saw a garage sale sign and followed it. The people there let us take the cutest clothes for free, it's as if they could sense the happiness we were radiating. Each of them smiled at us, I felt like the sun in that moment.

All of this to say, I realized in that moment two things, the first was that I need to make the most of moments like this since there are always ups and downs in life, but you need to make the best of everything you have because that's all you really have: the moments, the sun and your friends. The second thing I realized was that I want to feel like this everyday, being truly happy and in the moment showed me that my whole life could be like this if only I found the beauty in every single thing I did.