AES103 Favorite things

Yesterday I was just watching the live streaming of Harry Styles at Coachella, and I just thought to myself “Wow, Im really obsessed with Harry Styles”. And it got me thinking of the other things that I love, and the things that my friends love. Everyone has their own favorite things, I have one, and I bet you have yours. I would often bring up this topic when im getting to know someone because their favorite things can really show their personality and uniqueness. 

It's very special that a song, a book, an album, or a fictional character can just be another thing to someone but I could be obsessed with it on another level. The things that we like sometimes can describe us more precisely than words can. Our interests can set us apart from other people, yet they can build a bond with others. 

When a dear friend shares their interest, I have an urge to learn about that just for the sake of building a bond. For example, I watched one of my best friend Kiran’s favorite k-drama, altho k-drama isnt really my thing but she ended up being thrilled because we had a conversation about the series. And I end up understanding her even more by watching that k-drama. 

I thought that I would share the things that I've been loving, maybe we have something in common, or you can see me from another perspective. One of the most recent ones is I've been obsessed with Sally Rooney, she is an Irish writer and she wrote one of my favorite books. She is the person that changed my view on individualism.

 I was a person that’s obsessed with the idea of independence, but the reality is it's impossible to be independent. I have people make my clothing, people cook for me, people make my coffee, build my house, etc. I wanted to be independent because people always bail on me, leave me, or hurt me. So I thought that I could avoid that by just simply being alone and avoiding attachment. But by doing that, im ruining the potential of meeting people who would love me. So yeah, basically Sally Rooney changed my life. 

Like what I've mentioned at the beginning of this atomic essay I also love Harry Styles, I adore him with all of my heart. I love him as a songwriter, musician, actor, fashion icon, and just for the person, he is. He expresses love and positivity through his writing. He is also comfortable in revealing his true self, especially in how he dresses. Showing that he has a feminine side in himself and that there's nothing wrong with being a man and being feminine. He's just amazing really, I can't get enough of him. 

I've also recently found a new side of me, all this time I have had a love for learning and studying. I actually really love reading, taking notes, and attending webinars. I think throughout my life, especially in school I've always had bad self-esteem in the academic world. I've never really been a smart person, and by the lack of mathematic skills, and my mental health struggles it was just hard to enjoy studying. Defining what is being smart was really confusing for me, especially when people around me were constantly praising people with great mathematical skills. 

But now that my perspective has shifted, I think being “smart” isnt really anything when you can’t use it to make an impact. Now Im just focus on learning things that will help me to make an impact. And im always trying to do the best I can with what I have in the present moment to make an impact. So Im trying to make an impact and im learning things that will help me to make the impact bigger and bigger. That made me feel really good about myself, and now I love studying with this motivation. 

So, those are some of the things that I've been loving recently. I would love to know the things that you like, maybe a book, a movie/series, a song, an album maybe, or anything else. 

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