the learner

I had dreamt of this day since I was thirteen years old browsing the BLDG 25 blog after school. And this long awaited, seemingly unrealistic dream was actually becoming a reality. I had chills all over my body as I pulled into the Navy Yard... I was finally here.

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I believe there are two types of people in this world: learners and losers.

Both are faced with defeat yet learning dusts off its knees, walking on; all while losing waits to be helped up and pointed to the nearest exit.

Maybe I lost this one. But man, did I learn a lot.

I learned that I actually (kinda) know what the hell I'm doing.  And, I learned that I belong in that scene surrounded by those like-minded women who love music, art, and self expression just as much as I do. Speaking with Chrissy and De, my interviewers, was so inspiring because for quite sometime now I've thought I was pretty nuts for loving a brand as much as I love Free People.

It's a movement, y'all. 

I don't understand life and why it throws what it throws at us. But I know that for whatever reason I'm not meant to be in Philly this Summer and that's ok with me because, as cliche as it sounds, I feel it in my heart that I am FP Cat. So, in the meantime, I've made it my priority to work even harder on increasing my photography and editing skills, to write more on physical paper (and online, of course), and to study even harder - all in preparation for the day I get to call BLDG 25 my permanent home.

That being said.. I encourage all of you to go with that feeling no matter how farfetched it appears.
I guarantee that you will get knocked down in the process; but it's up to you to pull yourself together and use that curveball to your advantage.

Be the learner.

xx,