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THEMA October 2016

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Publisher / Creative Director Ta y l o r Wa s s e p

Cover Photographer Te m p e s t R o s c a

Cover Model Wi c c a M e r l i n

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he beginning of this year has to have been one of the most interesting and life affirming aspects that I’ve experienced in my 25 years on this Earth. What a change my life has had in the last three to four months. I recently found myself moving to a new city that I have never been to before in my life. I had to leave my friends and family behind to pursue a new chapter in my life. As some of my friends in Second Life know; I recently accepted a job doing layouts for a news hub. My first serious job since graduating from university. In the last year, I was getting hopeless that I wouldn’t be able to find a job. It wasn’t until I pushed myself to take this giant leap, on my own, did I realise how strong I can be all on my own. That is to say, I have been told that I am a strong person, emotionally. In theory, those words empower people to push themselves and make what they want to happen a reality. The point I am getting to is that sometimes, when you push and push and try to force a situation to happen. It might not work out like how you wanted it too. I faced that very situations before with this inevitable feeling of lose and dread. And it’s completely devastating to me that I can’t fix this. This job I accepted was a step on the right pathway to my dream job, and my first few weeks were eye-opening. I learned so much in a vastly short amount of time in sub-pare training. And expected to succeed like other have who have been in this field for years. Day after day, it seemed as those I was in a hole. A hole that was deep and the walls were rising higher and higher. Almost trapping me in this void of hopelessness. In my real life, I grew up alone, I am an only child. I never had any siblings, and my parents worked long hours. So, I grew with my friends being my support group mainly. We as humans need companionship to live, to breath, to exist. Without that kind of connection, we get lost. We fall further into the ether of nothingness. And I believe I was heading that way. Decisions have been made, and I was thrown a lifeline, a precious line back to my friends and back to my family. That being said, I am rerouting my life to once again aim for the stars. And achieve what passions are, not what a corporate entity wants me to do day after

day. It hurts to known I failed in a way to be on my own and be able to thrive alone. Some people can do this. And I give them all the credit and praise in the world. Because having the courage to leave your support group and venture out on your own is a skill born with, not learned in many case. In the same breath though, I don’t feel like I am a failure because I tried. I gave this experience a chance and I knew when to get out before it consumed me. When this all happened, I had a conversation with my family They knew I had changed, and not for the better. They could hear the pain and depression in my voice. What they couldn’t see were my eyes welling up with saddness as I dreaded having to hang up with them on the phone. And find myself back in this life I rushed into. They knew something had to change and I knew it as well. So, going back to my previous statement. How can one both feel like a failure and not as the same time? I can’t explain it, but it’s a feeling that I have and I know is valid in my truth. This note is not to complain and it’s not to promote negativity in any form. But, it’s to share a part of my life with you, the reader. For you to know my state of mind as I completed the final touches of this manifesto I curated. Thank you for being such a positive aspect of my life, though I may never meet you or get to know you, I love you. I love you for being who you are and not letting those break you down and for you to be living in the light. Those who push you down and make you feel like nothing, those are the people who are really hurting and you need to have the same compassion for them as you do for yourself. That no matter your situation in life, no matter where you are on your journey. You have the right to be happy and you have the right to create whatever life you want to enjoy. Let love in, and let the void out.

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