Martien Ecrits (aka Marvin Martian) says Hello dear Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 33 of Year 16 in Blogophilia! This week it’s all hearts and flowers – Happy Valentine’s Day to all! ❤
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Hard Bonus: Include a line from the movie “Pretty in Pink”
Easy Bonus: Mention your favorite candy
In high school, one of my science teachers mentioned that “change is the only constant”. At face value, it doesn’t make much sense, but it’s true… As we age, our bodies & minds go through changes. The economy, social norms, life’s happenstances, etc… Nothing stays the same. So, the concept that organisms (humans included, maybe even business practices, too) must constantly adapt and evolve their current position in an environment where their competitors are evolving is The Red Queen Effect. As living beings, we want to be relevant somehow. Even when we look in nature, with schools of fish, flock of birds, even like trees growing near each other, we want to belong & count somehow. Yet, long gone are the days of generational farmers, or starting a job at 18 and staying until retirement… And when our income doesn’t meet up with our bills, it seems as if working a full-time & part-time job is no longer feasible, especially since once upon a time, 1 income supported a family, so if a part-time job was had, that was for extras, not just to survive. I’m trying to reinvent myself to have gig work as a musician to keep up with everything.
And talking about changes… “Principal (to Andie): “If you put out signals that you don’t want to belong, people are going to see that you don’t.” I was always one that liked to people watch, and didn’t like to be the center of attention. Being in a larger concert band, I could blend in with the other musicians. Yet I’ve been good at public speaking, and in college, kept getting asked to take leadership positions… So I’m not sure if the principle is correct – I didn’t really belong when I was in Japan, being the only American kid in school, but then didn’t fit in here, being the only Japanese kid… it was strange. Yet, there I was, with multiple officer positions with the International Student Organization, Multi-cultural co-chair & chair of Women’s Issues committees with student government…
Now I need some candy… but I can’t choose right now between Snickers, KitKat, peanut M&Ms, Twix, Reese’s peanut butter cups, ugh, so many choices!
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