Part 2 Of Civilian Life: Activism And Other Social Endeavors

My activism has always been strong but with the wave of things that I am doing for the Democratic Party and with things that I am doing speaking out against the potential of urban war, speaking for the environment, and speaking up for other arenas where people don't have a voice I am continuously dipping my feet further into the activism pool without getting burnt out. I am continually rising in the developmental disability community and have moved my way up to Chair for the next Council meeting and also graduate from Partners In Policymaking and create a sense of community in the conversations with legislators and other self-advocates and parents in the community conversations and speak up for the long fight towards Medicaid. I guess why I get so involved in activism stems from my fascination with others and what they need to do to create a better social world but I also guess that my activism is a passionate vibe that is a wildfire that will try not to go away. In a few other social endeavors besides the Metropolitan Community Church which I will get to on my spiritual blog in a couple of weeks the day I write my blog on athletics with the Special Olympics vs. being an intern, I want to say that with my friend time and my ministry and my work with Special Olympics it has been solid. In addition to this, I have made many new friends either with my support's network or other arenas of social standing. I have continued to create a sense of belonging downtown, in the bars and coffee shops especially, and I have created a monster of a sense of creating a well-rounded arena of what things should be like in the schema of what this kind of creativity should be in the arena of not only activism but also the social capital of art, of community in the world, with bowling and other sports especially at the gym and in fun runs, and continuing to create an obstacle overcoming type of refuge in the creation of the community. I also somehow have created a potential for a relationship in all of this which is something that is new and exciting but also kind of unique in my year overall. I can continue to become more of a beacon and more of a genuine hopeful arena of genuine kindness and being a light where others see dark. I am real appreciative of all that I can realistically do and yet can create more of a spatial idea of being a heart and soul of where I should create a life for others while being genuinely fascinated by everyone in the field of activism, in the social field, and in the genuine personality that I have done and that I have yet to do. 2018 is my best social year yet in many ways and I don't even have classes to create a community. It is kind of ironic but that is where I am at and I am enjoying it and living the seriously fun life in general. Stay tuned for my next blog on my reformed spirituality and then the conclusive blog in this series on pushing myself physically. Then it is a couple of top ten experiences of the year blog (so basically a top 20) hope that everyone continues to enjoy my blogs and I hope that I can make a difference.

Post-Graduation Civilian Life Part 1: Traveling

I am writing a four-part blog on what post-graduation civilian life is like. There have been four major changes in this time: traveling, more varied activism, social differences, and professional differences. These were four pretty major things so the first one as my year of college graduation is coming up is on traveling.
I have traveled pretty much every week to either go hiking or to day trips and a few times this year for longer trips. I have to say that traveling is tiring so even though I haven't been on campus except to do blogs and bug people and sometimes events this year it is about the same amount of work overall. Some of the benefits of traveling include closer friendships, new memories, and lessons on safety. Here they are in a couple sentence form on the benefits:
1) close friendships: before last year I had never met Zech or Desta and only had minimal exposure outside of Special Olympics with Roberto. Now I can call them some of my best friends and I know for a fact that because of or maybe in spite of spending so much time together on the trips, Jason, Alexis, and Alex have stayed my best friends and I feel like the Sun Valley trip brought Camilla and I closer. The further bond of people who travel can't be touched.
2) New memories: I had last been to Yellowstone when I was 3 and some of the places I went to as part of an unofficial outdoor program I hadn't been to since I was a little child. I can't remember anything before I was 12 so frankly I don't remember anything about those places. I also have new memories from Alaska since I had never been there and was excited to be there.
3) Lessons on safety: when you are in the mountains in Yellowstone or in Alaska there are a lot more safety variables: animals, inclement weather, spacing, and being close to guns are some of the things as well as mountain protocol. These lessons on safety have primed me further to be careful in my apartment with some interesting people and keep people aware when something isn't right.
Thanks for trying to understand my thought process. These blogs are a work in progress and I am still trying to touch people by writing these. With Facebook not letting me link my blogs it is hard to get viewership however stay tuned for a blog on this and the HealthyBotty page every other week and my Special Olympics blog ProBottIantern monthly. Thanks also to my fans you are all wonderful!