Anyone can do something extraordinary

I always wanted to do something great, something that not many other people do, something maybe a little wacky. I think it was brought on by seeing online and in the news all those young people who are very talented or smart or come up with a great idea and strike it rich. Now I don't necessarily want to get rich or famous, but I've always wanted to do something that will make people say "wow!". Now I know I shouldn't be trying to do things just to impress others, but thats another story altogether. But now I am going to get to do something out of the ordinary. See, I currently live in Michigan, and am in a long distance relationship with a girl who lives in Oregon. In June of this year I am going to leave behind everyone and everything I've ever known to move across the country to be with her. And at the time I do that, I will be all of 22 years old. So don't fall into the trap of thinking that just because you're "average" or "ordinary" that you can't do something significant. I've certainly learned my lesson.

In my life I have tried, failed at, done and stopped doing a lot of different things. I cleaned out my bedroom a few months ago and was amazed at all the stuff I found, remnants of past hobbies and interests. At this very moment I can see a box filled with stuff, including an RC car at the top of the pile. All things I was once interested in for some length of time. More recently, I used to play the guitar (I still have two). This is what lead me to sort of a revelation: you see, I wanted to learn how to play the guitar because it looked like a lot of fun and I thought nobody else did it, so I could be known as "the guy that plays the guitar". However, after a while I found out that a lot of other guys in school also played, and instead of wanting to play with them so I could get better (which I actually did for a while) I found myself being less interested in it, and I soon realized that the reason was that, instead of being "the guy who plays guitar" I was "one of those guys that plays guitar", and they were all a lot better than me, too, which just sucked. That, along with all my other experiences and passing interests in my life, has lead me to sort of a revelation, a breakthrough if you will: although I don't quite know what I want to do with my life (but I think I want to be a photographer, but that's another story entirely), what I do know is that I don't want to be just another person, just another random nobody coasting through life, influenced more by what other people want from me than what I want of myself. I want to be uncommon, I want to be...unconventional. I have finally realized that a lot of my varied interests (I have more things chosen in my Stumble account than I can even remember) are things, ideas, and people that are unconventional, that break away from the status quo, go against the norm. These kinds of things inspire me. They make me feel alive, really.
Thats why I started this blog in the first place, because this is unconventional for me. I've never had any interest in writing, and really I still don't, but I want to do something that will hopefully make a difference, if not for other people, at least for me. I want to inspire people to be unconventional, not-normal, not "safe", as I have been inspired by others I've read online.
So I would like to challenge all who read this: be unconventional, surprise people, do something they'll never expect, do something that's not "safe". Now when I say that, I don't mean driving without a seat belt, running with knives, or taking a bath with the toaster...thats just stupid. Although, if you're just itching to get a tour of the local ER, then by all means, go ahead (not really, please don't...I don't want to be sued), I mean that in our lives, in every decision we make, there are the things we want to do, and then there are the things that are "safe", "normal" and "socially acceptable", and in my experience, and the experience of a lot of other people I believe, the "safe" things and the things we want to do are usually not the same things. So do what you want to do. want to go skydiving? do it. Want to own a lime-green couch with pink polka-dots? Do it. Want to quit your job, sell all your stuff, and move out into the woods and live off the land? Do it...just try not to end up like this guy.
Refuse to be normal, refuse to be held back from what you really want to do by what other people might think of you....they're just too scared to do it themselves, if you ask me.
As for myself and this blog, I'll be giving you all a (semi) steady stream of unconventional things, people and ideas. Should be a fun ride...