this post isn't going to be what Dr. H wanted i think, because A. my camera is broken and B. i dont really think that my surroundings in any way reflect myself.
my room here is incredibly bland- white walls and a plain brown and green bedspread. i meant to decorate it, but never got around to it. i dont think my room at home really reflects my identity at all either- i never spend time in my room.
there are objects in my room, however, that could me min-representations of me.
RUNNING SHOES.
working out keeps me sane. if i skip the gym for more than a day or two i get cranky and i lose all my energy. next to my shoes is usually a pile of clothes i wore to the gym. (ps im messy)
BOOKS
i have piles of books in my room- both from my classes and because I LOVE to read. sadly, because of all the assigned reading i have i dont have as much time as i would like to leisure read anymore, but there is always at least one book (usually from the Twilight or Harry Potter series, my favoritessss do not judge me) next to my bed in the hopes that i can read for a few minutes before i fall asleep
PRODUCTS
i like to smell good and my crazy big/curly hair requires a lot of mateniance and lots of different products to tame it. i have tons of different bottles and jars of random girly things.
CLOSET
full of clothes and shoes-wayyyy too much. my style is really eclectic- one girl hated me in HS because she got mad that I would dress "preppy" one day and wear a band shirt the next. i wear what i want. i dont care what genre its from, as long as i like it.
COMPUTER
its gonna be on my facebook page. ill be honest, i freaking love facebook.
i dont have any religious symbols in my apartment. this was an unconscious choice but its reflective- i consider myself catholic"ish". i share a lot of basic beliefs with catholics, but the God i believe in doesnt hate or discriminate against people (i.e. homosexuals). im a passionate believer in gay rights and this has distanced me a little bit from catholicism, and organized religion as a whole.
OSUUUUUU!
my living room is obnoxiously covered in OSU crap- pillows, blankets, posters, Fatheads, flags, banners, yeahhhhh. we likeOSU. a lot.
part of the reason this assignment was kind of hard for me is because im going through a time in my life where im not so sure about my identity... its hard to find myself sometimes.
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Hey there. I was really struck by your last statement, "it's hard to find myself sometimes." I think that's true for most, if not all, of us and it's true most, if not all, of the time.
ReplyDeleteThe way that I've come to think of identity is, if there's one thing about identity that's stable, it's that it's changeable! At least, as far as I can tell. Certain things, for me, remain constant. I'll always freaking love my dog, for instance. And I'll probably always work for social change. And, my ideas about the world, myself, and the negotiations between the two are always in flux. How can they not me? We're growing individuals. I think we can explore forever. I think everyone is exploring forever. And that's okay. :-)