I have been writing for Odyssey for over a year now and have been an Editor in chief for 5 months, so if there is something that I have done a lot of it is read Odyssey articles. If you don't know every writer, photographer, videographer is able to write about what ever they are thinking or believe in or want to share with others. What makes that so great is that multiple millennials can write about the same topic, but no article will be alike because none of us are the same. You can learn a lot about the world around you from Odyssey articles by expanding your mind.
1. That everyone is different.
I cannot tell you how many of the articles that I come across on Odyssey that have the same topic, but they are never alike because (thankfully) Odyssey is based on the belief that everyone has their own story. The election this year had thousands of Odyssey writers chiming in on who people should vote for based on their own perspectives. Two writers Morgan Mills from Stillwater, Oklahoma and Laura Sorrentino from Steton Hall University wrote to inform the public that does not know who they are wanting to vote for some policies that the candidates want to enforce, but they have very different things to say.
2. That everyone has struggles.
Yeah posts like 6 Struggles Of Being Awkward are funny, they tell the truth. Haven't you noticed that articles like 6 Struggles That Only Texans That Moved To Oklahoma Understand, 11 Things All Meat Judges Know To Be True, and 12 Things That Every Engineering Major Goes Through are the ones that everyone shares? It's because even though they are funny, they are true. These articles has a bad connotation as if the writer isn't writing something hard-hitting like the election, but in reality these are the most truthful and that's why everyone reads them.
3. That we are not alone.
Odyssey is lucking to have so many individuals that want to share their personal stories with the world. And like I said before, two people can write about their experience with anxiety, but they will be different. More than any other article, these articles will never be the same not even a little. Articles like A Day In An Anxious And Paranoid Brain have that ability to connect those that are going through something similar and remind those that they are not alone.
4. Don't be so closed-minded.
As an EIC I have to read about 16 articles at least every week, and from those articles and others come ideals and opinions that differ from my own. One thing that I always make sure to do is to read articles that involve situations that I have never been through or articles that praise ideals that I don't because I want to learn and try to understand what others are thinking. I don't want to be someone that only sees what they want to see - I want to be someone that can understand all people. From reading Odyssey articles I get a better understanding.
