Dreams of Being Published

   I've been thinking a lot recently about what it would've been like to have grown up anywhere besides here. Nothing about my life would be what it is now. My experiences, my memories, all of the faces i'm familiar with...everything would be completely different. I'm one of the lucky people who loved growing up where they did, and so much that I never want to move away. As much as I want to travel and see new things, I hope to always call Long Island my home base. While driving around on a normal day I point particular areas out and can recall a great memory that happened there, or maybe a not so great one. The love and strength I have embraced from being raised on LI are aspects of me that I try to shed light on in my everyday life. I'm so very passionate about where I live and I think that's what makes me so content with my life. Fulfillment begins with your surroundings. If you're not comfortable with where you are, not many things in your life will feel right. Throughout the course of 2015 I thought I was obligated to go away to college because, well, all of my friends were so why not? I thought I was doing what would make me happy, but all of a sudden I came to the realization that there's no way I'd be able to survive happily anywhere else but where I am right now. That's when I started to focus on how I could make life as a stay at home college student on LI way more interesting than anyone has ever seen.
   As you can probably tell i'm super into getting my thoughts and words out into the public. My big plan is to hopefully launch a life style magazine about LI and not only my life, but other lives that I come across as well. I would like to travel all around the island while picking up stories from individuals who have some interesting tales to tell. With beginning a project like this comes a lot of stress with money funds sooo I haven't really figured all of that out yet but i'm getting there. I'm super excited for these big dreams to hopefully take off sometime within the next year. I plan to give away copies for free at first and then continue on from there with the money situation. It's all still just a glisten in my eye but i'm definitely brain storming. I'm totally excited for this big step i'm about to take!