Its strange what living alone will do to a person. Suddenly you are responsible for yourself only. You decide how you want to live and can be (for the most part) entirely independent. I learned more about myself this past year than in the other 22 years of my life. Especially at this crucial period in a persons life when they are defining themselves and who they will become as an adult, outside of school its very important to know who you are, what you like, what you believe in.
Through all of this, I've discovered if I had to pick a classification, a genre of a personality.. I would want to be a hippie. Without a doubt.
First off, I don't think there's actually a solid, cut and paste definition of a hippie. There may have been a more defined version in the 70s but I think these days people kind of pick and choose what they like from a lifestyle and go with it and dump the undesirable traits.
Here's some qualities I admire from what I Believe hippies to be like.. I really can only go by what wikipedia says about them though..
- freedom to believe in what you want
- non-violence, peace-loving, love everyone and the world we live in.. sounds cheesy but I admire it.
- the clothes. Not going to lie. I love the flowy hippie attire. patterns that don't match and super comfy clothes. Hemp everything. This is what attracted me to hippie-ness in the first place.
-vegetarianism. Ok. so this can't be all hippies but they seem to have started the whole vegetarian phase according to the Veggie websites I've seen. The whole love the planet and everything has a soul and respect nature. I thinks its just fab.
-saving the world one person at a time. Really one person can make a difference, protest for what you believe in and save the environment by persecuting the litterers and big chemical/manufacturing polluting companies.
-thinking up creative ideas to save the world. (usually dreaming them up while stoned but good intentions nonetheless)
Some parts of hippieness that have me thinking its not so fun
- conserving water by using the same bath water for weeks. Ummm. ya. So I don't know if this is just a rumour but regardless.. its disgusting.
- being constantly high. I understand once in a while. But seriously.. all the time?! I would be a dirty smelling, chip eating, lazy person. Oh wait.. maybe this should be under the good qualities.. and maybe I'm already this person without the constant high. So I guess they're one up on me because at least they're high while they're being lazy
The values of hippies are actually truly amazing and I whole heartedly admire them. It goes against what I'm doing with my life at the moment - working for one of the largest polluters in ontario. But my goals have been solidified this past year as I've realized what I hold in high esteem. I would love to create a cleaner source of energy and since I will have the education and hopefully the resources at my disposal I may actually be able to come up with an idea that doesn't involved LSD and rainbows.
This is probably the most unorganized blog in the history of blogs. Regardless, I am posting it without editing it and I'll cross my fingers in hopes that its entertaining enough. If not then its too late.. you read this far. No refunds. And sorry, you will not get the past 5 minutes of your life back.
Thats what you get for reading an entry entitled Hippie Nonsense.
Through all of this, I've discovered if I had to pick a classification, a genre of a personality.. I would want to be a hippie. Without a doubt.
First off, I don't think there's actually a solid, cut and paste definition of a hippie. There may have been a more defined version in the 70s but I think these days people kind of pick and choose what they like from a lifestyle and go with it and dump the undesirable traits.
Here's some qualities I admire from what I Believe hippies to be like.. I really can only go by what wikipedia says about them though..
- freedom to believe in what you want
- non-violence, peace-loving, love everyone and the world we live in.. sounds cheesy but I admire it.
- the clothes. Not going to lie. I love the flowy hippie attire. patterns that don't match and super comfy clothes. Hemp everything. This is what attracted me to hippie-ness in the first place.
-vegetarianism. Ok. so this can't be all hippies but they seem to have started the whole vegetarian phase according to the Veggie websites I've seen. The whole love the planet and everything has a soul and respect nature. I thinks its just fab.
-saving the world one person at a time. Really one person can make a difference, protest for what you believe in and save the environment by persecuting the litterers and big chemical/manufacturing polluting companies.
-thinking up creative ideas to save the world. (usually dreaming them up while stoned but good intentions nonetheless)
Some parts of hippieness that have me thinking its not so fun
- conserving water by using the same bath water for weeks. Ummm. ya. So I don't know if this is just a rumour but regardless.. its disgusting.
- being constantly high. I understand once in a while. But seriously.. all the time?! I would be a dirty smelling, chip eating, lazy person. Oh wait.. maybe this should be under the good qualities.. and maybe I'm already this person without the constant high. So I guess they're one up on me because at least they're high while they're being lazy
The values of hippies are actually truly amazing and I whole heartedly admire them. It goes against what I'm doing with my life at the moment - working for one of the largest polluters in ontario. But my goals have been solidified this past year as I've realized what I hold in high esteem. I would love to create a cleaner source of energy and since I will have the education and hopefully the resources at my disposal I may actually be able to come up with an idea that doesn't involved LSD and rainbows.
This is probably the most unorganized blog in the history of blogs. Regardless, I am posting it without editing it and I'll cross my fingers in hopes that its entertaining enough. If not then its too late.. you read this far. No refunds. And sorry, you will not get the past 5 minutes of your life back.
Thats what you get for reading an entry entitled Hippie Nonsense.
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