Don't stop when you grow old

When we are young, we are free. We are free to explore, be ourselves, create, speak out, believe, cry, scream, play, make a mess, be afraid, make mistakes, get uncontrollably excited, need someone. We are not worried about what we should do or what they will say. We just do.

Then somewhere along the line, usually upon the entrance into adulthood, we stop valuing creativity. Instead, numbers rule our lives. Money becomes our god, and big houses and cars become our goals.

Meanwhile, we spend our free time reminiscing on the "good old days," where things were simple and summer was long. When we were free to just be.

Adults so value children's ability to live and think without boundaries. But then why don't we value this same ability in adults? What makes some feel as though they are above finger painting? Or others feel as though their shoes are too nice to get muddy?

When do we stop putting emphasis on experience, and start putting it on achievement?

When does the free spirit end?

When money begins.

Women Perpetuate Sexism

Woah. Bold blog post title, eh?

But if you think about it, it's kind of true.

I always hear women saying, "Oh, if only it were the 1950's! Men took women out on actual dates back then!"

Well sure they did. It was what society, and women, demanded of them. Before the 60's, a man would have absolutely been shunned if he tried passing off a meeting at Starbucks as a date.

Ironically, women today actually get excited over a Starbucks "date" because it's at least better than the pre-game-clubbing-hook up combination that is so popular among men in the dating pool today.

So what caused this epic shift in the way people date? I think it's the way women present themselves. At some point, showing our bodies became less about equality and freedom, and more about sex.

Society, and that includes women, no longer demands that men respect women. In fact, the media actually encourages the subordination of women through promiscuous advertisements and gratuitous sex scenes in movies and television.

Women seem desperate for the attention of a man, and often try to get it by dressing ridiculously.

Showing more skin or wearing thick coats of make-up may gain a woman a man's interest temporarily, but it will never change the way today's men date. Conversely, it encourages the way today's men date.

If women are giving men what they want, then why should men change what they're doing?

At least once a week from a man I hear, "It's a man's world."

And you know what? I agree. Right now, the world does belong to men, and it will continue belonging to men until women start making some changes and pushing some limits.

I vow to be a part of the change by having confidence in my own ability to solve problems and demanding respect from my peers.

And just think, I've never considered myself a feminist.