Summer Anticipation

Summer is glorious. It is the time where we all come out of hibernation mode, get a rejuvenation of motivation, and actually see our bare feet more often.

Winter can be beautiful as every season has its perks. I also happen to take advantage of the cold, dreary weather, and get ideas for poems. Gloom gives me inspiration. I find it enjoyable to cuddle up at home sometimes in a hoodie(hooded sweatshirt), staring out of the window at a wintry storm. But winter can also be the cause of depression, a time where one rather bury their feelings inside like the snow to the last remains of grass and it takes forever to melt away. Just like the snow, winter can linger. The summer creeps up slowly but with much anticipation and urgency. So often, most people try to get the most out of it and enjoy it thoroughly.

The summer gives us the opportunity to get out and explore and plan adventures. To let loose and take chances; break out of the norm and into a warmer light. It is a time for new beginnings. Summers just seem to be remembered for special romances, happy memories, and exciting experiences, while winter is often related to the end. We hear more about deaths, breakup's and sad news. Summer lets us have the ability to be care-free -to think about new possibilities. It becomes an amazing feeling when you can walk around with your shoes and socks off and let them get a chance to touch something different besides the bottom of your shoes. Doesn't it seem like the world is more beautiful and vibrant, where people take the time to notice the little things in life? There's nothing like the first time going to the beach after a long winter. Once you feel the sand under your feet as your staring out into the ocean, your body begins to feel a little lighter and the tension just increases as you say "ah, this is more like it."

It's the start to girls trying to stand out in their new attire, flowing hair, and a pretty nice pair of sunglasses. Of course certain outfits appear like they get shorter and shorter every year. This happens even on the colder days, because people can't wait for this incredible feeling. Guys are seen more with there shirts off, trying to get noticed in their stylish convertibles. Mostly everyone looks forward to being admired and checked out.

Most of all, people crave to get out and have a good time- to leave the stress behind and laugh. It feels like all winter your holding your breath and finally summer is that release where you can let go and finally...breathe. Many people can't wait for summer to come and the slightest hint of warm weather gets people to become speed demons on the roads. It seems like more people were thrown into the world, but crowds don't bother you that much and the complaining isn't as bad as the winter. Why? Because it is summer and there is so many ways you can enjoy it without worrying about all the unnecessary things. Many people are just happy for that wonderful escape. It's a good idea to get out before the opportunity melts away. Enjoy it.

It's in the Code

It's incredible that I love to write and gather up all my emotions in a nice size glass and let the glass tip over with its contents dripping everywhere, but I don't write that much. I want to and I should but I just don't get to doing it. Lately my thoughts been a collection of fears and if anyone knows me or reads some of my blogs will understand that I am a person who eats fear for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and sometimes it doesn't leave my system.

We all want a job in life that will make us happy and comfortable. The dream situation would be to do something worth while and productive- something your happy about and don't mind driving to every day. A place where you can laugh and work at the same time and know it is ok to do this. And of course, going home feeling proud that you just made a great amount of money to share with your loved ones. Sound nice? I just tapped into your code.

The book I am reading now is called "The Culture code" by Clotaire Rapaille. I think this man is incredibly insightful and inspirational. I am very passionate about the way people think and why they do the things they do. So I guess you can say that I love psychology and even though this book is about marketing and business, a good way of looking at it, is understanding people on a deeper level. To unlock their codes. "The Culture code is the unconsciuos meaning we apply to any given thing" and every culture isn't the same because they understand things and view things differently. The reason for this is imprints. When an emotion becomes so strong, a memory is formed, which leads to a learned experience. An imprint is "the combination of the experience and its accompanying emotion." It changes our thoughts and behavior and ultimatly "helps make us more of who we are." Sure it is about marketing because once you learn the codes for things, you are basically connecting with someone on a level, one that they will understand and relate to.

Getting back on track here, Clotaire desribes the American Culture Code for work as "WHO YOU ARE." Jobs don't just provide you with a way to pay off bills- it gives us life and meaning. But if we are not fulfilled and don't see a job as meangiful, then we would consider ourselves without a real identity. Americans do put a lot of pressure on themsleves and jobs can get overwelming at times but if it is a rewarding job and if "we believe that our jobs have genuine value to the company we work for and that we are doing something worthwhile in our work," it can give us a profound sense of identity.
The loss of a job can be so devastating to a person and make them feel that they are nothing. Maybe this is why when someone asks me where I work or what I want to do, knots in my stomach begin to tighten and the butterflies come swarming in. I don't know exactly what I want to do! This freaks me out. But I know that I want to be something great. I want to inspire the world. I want to work hard and be stressed out, as long as I have a job that makes me happy and proud. And until I get there, I will just have to keep aiming for my dream to come true. But thanks to Clotaire Rapaille, I now know that it is perfectly fine to have these fears. It's one of the American codes we possess. There are many others. Many of us all want the same thing and when we look at all those higher up people that have it, we wonder why we can't have it too. And until then, it is just hard sometimes to untie those knots.