Need a new hobbie

So working nights I have a lot of free time in the morning. Really I don't know what to do with myself. So I've composed a list of stuff I've always wanted to do just never had the time or energy to do it. Well, this is me taking the initiative and getting out there and trying some new stuff. It's time to live a little. I probably won't do all this, but it's a list of stuff I'm thinking of doing. If you wanna do it with me, help me with it, or have other ideas or anything, lemme know. :)

1. Write a book
2. Scrapbook
3. Quilt
4. Learn guitar/piano
5. Take some random classes
6. Become a critic (food, movie, music...)
7. Write and record a song
8. Become a Youtube sensation
9. Knit/crochet
10. Learn how to cook/bake
11. Learn more about cars
12. Paint/sketch
13. Volunteer
14. Take up photography
15. Study the Bible
16. Tour Iowa
17. Visit Museums/Zoos/Galleries
18. Study Religions
19. Read all the books on my shelves
20. Go to Concerts

Ok, really that's a long enough list for now. Now I know a lot of this takes money but really it doesn't take a lot. And I'm slowly moving up in the world. I just feel like I could be doing so much more with my life then sleeping and working. My good friend, Samuel and my bestie, Lindsey and possibly my good acquaintance Jordan, are going to be dragged along on a lot of my adventures. Mainly, because I don't like doing things by myself and also because I love them so dearly and want them to have fun as well. This is not really a bucket list, just a list of things that sound exciting to me. Not that I don't love sitting around my apartment listening to One Direction, but really something's gotta change. I've already started googling a lot of this stuff and it all seems super easy. Even a blond like me can do it.

Influenced and Influencing

I guess it never truly dawned on me how many people influence my life. In good and bad ways. The people that are in my life that are encouraging, help me spiritually, challenge me, lead me in the right ways. The people that are in my life that don't exactly do that. The ones I let influence me and the ones I choose to not let influence me. The ones that aren't bad influences but aren't the best influences. People that don't even know they influence me. The ones I don't think influence me. Everything that they do, some how has an effect on my life. Every person in my life makes a difference in my life. Good or bad. 

I never realized the kind of influence I am on people. Am I encouraging, uplifting, and challenging them spiritually? Am I leading them down the path of righteousness or bringing them down? Am I a good testimony? Am I really the best influence I can be? Everything I do, effects the people in my life. I make a difference in someone's life. 

God uses us in people's lives. I have been super challenged the past couple days. What kind of influence am I? Who am I letting influence me? Everything we do truly does effect someone. We have to be super careful how our actions, words, and lives are influencing people. We're human, we're not perfect but at the same time we should be striving to be more like Christ and striving to show Christ to others. 

I have recently made some resolutions that I hope to stick to not just for God or for my sake, but for the sake of other's that I influence. I need to better myself for God's glory, for my walk, and for my friends and coworkers. If I become a better person, other people can become better people in the process. You don't truly realize the impact you make until someone brings it to your attention. And I'm lucky enough to have friends that bring my actions to my attention, whether they are good or bad. I'm lucky to say I have some great influences in my life. And I want to be a great influence.

Life Track

So I have made a soundtrack of my life right now.
My most played song is of course "Somebody that I use to know." Lots to be explained behind that but I'm not going into it. But it is really my song right now.
"On my Own" by Ashes Remain has been a most played song for a while.
"Some nights" by Fun. Mostly just because it's catchy and gets stuck in my head.
"We are never ever getting back together." Also because it's catchy and the video is hysterical but it has some stuff behind it.
"Busted heart" by For King and Country.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" by Kelly Clarkson
Some of these songs are really self explanatory as to why they are a big deal in my life. Music really is my escape and so they describe me so well. I may not be an open book but look at my most played on Itunes and you'll figure me out pretty quickly.
"Why don't you love me." by Hot Chelle Rae
"Bombshell Blond" and "Take it all away" by Owl City. Like them both for two totally different reasons.
"Wide awake" by Katy Perry
"Last Train Home" by Ryan Star.
Now mind you some of these songs don't express all my feelings they are just good when I have feelings.
"Waiting outside the lines" By Greyson Chance
"Love you til the End" by the Pogues
"Someday came Today" by Chris Pine
"I won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz
And I know a lot of these songs are secular but music just makes me better. Or just helps me express myself. it always has. Why do you think people write songs? It's easier to express through music than it is to come right out and say it. I think that's how I'm going to do things from now on. I have a problem with you, I need to tell you something, I need to let something out? I'm just going to send you a song that best expresses that point.
My music choices change based on my mood, my attitude, my awakeness. It all just varies. But in the end my point is: Music. That's how I do things. I sing, I dance, I cry, I listen to one track over and over again. I know all the words. I know what it means. I feel the feelings in the song. It becomes a part of me. That's why I love choir so much. It's how I express everything. Worship, heartache, love, disappointment. It's all through song.
These songs that I have named tonight are not all the ones that I listen to, but they are the ones that have stood out to me and meant a lot to me for a while. My soundtrack to my life could just go on and on. There are so many songs I love that mean a lot to me.
Each one of my close friends has a song to me. We each have our song. It's not weird or anything. It's not just a bf/gf thing. My friends each have their songs. Why? because if the song reminds me of a friend it will make me smile and make me want to listen to it and remember my friend. It's a happy thing. If I dub a song for you, than take it cuz that's a big deal.
Music. It's a big deal to me.
That's all.

Somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[Kimbra:]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

[Gotye:]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)

(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody