The Tipping Point

Thanks to my friend Lisa via sarcastic Facebookery called my crappy "Will Goes to Europe" title out. Yes, it sucked. And so then I tried to come up with something profound and poetic, which is always a dangerous undertaking to try to be profound and poetic. So I changed my Blog title to "Whither the World Take Me", because it seemed to fit my journey - letting the complex interactions of the world take me where they may. But, that title also sucked, if not just because 'whither' is an obnoxious word to use.

The Tipping Point

I like this title. It fits my reasons for taking this trip on. It fits how I started this trip. Sitting in my room realizing that all I know is school, and that for me to be happy with who I am I need to experience the world outside of my comfort zone. School has lost it's pizazz and I've always felt zen in change - the bigger the change the bigger the zen right? So I reached the tipping point and I bought a one way ticket to something new. Honestly, I'm disappointed in myself for being too afraid to make a change like this sooner. In class, one of my favorites, we were discussing art in education and somehow we began discussing how so much of what we do, what we wear, what we believe is dictated by outside influences. Not by friends or family or local culture, but by media and marketing and pop-culture. I want my trip to help me determine my beliefs and values as dictated by me and I will use technology to fit my market of beliefs rather than fit my beliefs into the markets made for me. I'm ready to live the life I want to.

I like this title. I think it will stick.