Do you ever sense a part of you is missing?
Does part of you feel off or distant?
How do you act when you are far away from your friends?
These are questions I have been asking myself almost on repeat all summer long.Being home for the summer means being a minimum of two and a half hours from my closest friend.On top of that most of my friends, like myself work constantly so we are unable to see each other.The occasional text or phone call helps for that moment in time but after that you realize they aren't right next to you.
Why bring this up? Do I sound like a baby? Or do many of you wonder the same things I am getting at here?
Over the course of my life I have come to accept who I am 100 percent. I am knowledgeable about my personality, my likes and dislikes and just my overall demeanor as a person.A large impact on discovering these things about myself is largely in part to the friends I have made along the way.Anyone who knows me can see that my friends are like family and I care for them, just as I know they care for me.
With all that in mind, I started to see a change in my behavior this summer. I began to acknowledge it and wonder what could have me feel so off beat in my daily life. But then it hit me. My friends. The people that have made an impact on my life and mean so much to me. These people are at a distance and not being around them causes me to not be myself 100% of the time. Strange I know but that's what I discovered. So much so that I decided to ask my friends to think of a song that reminds them of our friendship. That way I could make a playlist to listen to whenever I felt off or in need of time with them.
I am going to post another article next week, a follow up if you will, where I'll go into more detail of my specific friend's playlist. Just know I posted on Facebook for my friends to think of a song that would have me and them think of out friendship.
If your a friend and never posted its never too late and for anyone reading this article feel free to ask the same of your friends!!
I am 100 percent me when I am with my friends, how about you?!
