The Last Utopian

I am quite certain that you’ve heard of the phrase “the first day of the rest of your life”. This is exactly how I feel today.

I woke up on the right side of the bed this morning, something that rarely happens to me these past few days. Everything usually  seemed so important, so urgent that I couldn’t even hear myself talk. But today, I realized something most of my peers wouldn’t, at least until they get older, something that could change my life forever.

People don’t regret the things they’ve already done. (Okay, sometimes we bang our heads against the wall thinking, “that was the dumbest, most embarrassing thing I’ve ever done in my entire life…”; then we get stiff necks for looking back too much and move on with our lives.) Rather, people regret the things they did not do, while they still had the chance.

So, I thought to myself: why wait until I have old-timer’s disease and I don’t even remember what I wasn’t able to do, when I still am 4 months shy of Seventeen?

My plan: create a blog, telling the world of my adventures (and misadventures, too) as I take the journey to self-improvement. And, making a little difference isn’t that bad too, right?

Dear reader: I, Pia, would like to welcome you to my life. It may be far from perfect, but it’s the only one I have.

And I plan to make the most out of it.

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