It's Kodi Here

Hello internet, it's Kodi here and I'm back after yet another incredibly long break from blogging. Basically, I learned a great lesson at the end of last week and just felt that it was something that should be recorded/shared with anyone who is listening. It was something that after the fact seemed SO obvious, but sometimes as humans those lessons are the hardest to actually put into practice. Lesson Learnt: You cannot let a bad moment or a collection of bad moments ruin what comes next. Last week, I was just having one of those weeks where one bad thing after another just kept coming at me. After the first few times, I just started sulking and expecting everything else to be horrible as well. We've all been there and we've all been in those moods where you just want to wallow in self-pity. But, who is that helping? It makes you dreadful to be around and it certainly isn't making you feel any better. So, walking home after my last class on Friday with my brain j...

Hello universe! It's Kodi here to share with you something that has recently turned my overall outlook on life around. Over the past few months I have been dipping in terms of positivity. I was feeling a massive drop in self-confidence, a surge in everyday stress and anxiety, and found myself living in a negative mindset almost every day. AND THEN-- You Are A Badass entered my life. As I mentioned in my Venice post, about a month ago I picked up a copy of Jen Sincero's You Are A Badass and I can very honestly say that it has made a massive difference in my positivity, determination, and general happiness. I believe this is a book that everyone on the planet could benefit from reading. I've decided to restrict myself to a list here otherwise I might go on for days about it. Photo from @jensincero's Twitter account Without further ado here are the top 10 reasons to read You Are A Badass: 1. It gives you a hell-bent-for-glory level of determination to live exac...

Hello Universe! It's Kodi here to share the most recent adventures from the journey that is my life. Being back at my computer and writing again has made me realize just how long my hiatus from blogging has been. As per usual there are a million excuses I could tell you, but why waste our time with that, right? Instead, why not recount the tale of an absolutely incredible and positivity-boosting trip to Venice, Italy. Just before going to Venice I was fortunate enough to get some good quality mom and sunshine time back home. I almost felt like I was getting a large jolt of my old self back. It left me determined to stay out of any anxiety or stress that the future may bring and I was beginning once again to find joy in the present. Just before leaving for Venice I popped into Barnes & Noble and picked up (on my mother's wonderful recommendation) a copy of Jen Sincero's You Are A Badass. Needless to say it has put some permanent rose-colored glasses over my eyes and ...

Hello world, it's Kodi here, and something really interesting happened to me today. I'm not totally sure what prompted it--it could have been any number of things, but today was the day that I realized both that 1). I have become and adult and 2). I need to start acting like an adult. It is a realization that is both terrifying and exhilarating. Earlier today I was off to sign the lease for the first ever apartment that I would live in and as these things tend to go, it didn't all go exactly as I had hoped and some new information was brought to light that messed up some of my plans for the summer. All I really wanted in that moment was for an adult to swoop in, save the day, and make everything better. Which was when I realized that no knight in shining armor was coming to pull me up onto their horse. Almost immediately after that I realized I am an adult, I'm the one who has to figure this out. But the upside to that is, I have the ability to sort it out. If I stop...

Hello world, it's Kodi here to tell you about something that has been on my mind almost constantly since it was brought up in one of my classes. I've always found the profession of acting fascinating, and there are so many different theories and methods that are believed to lead to the best acting. But something that is underlying in almost all of them is being incredibly grounded in who the actor is as a person before they begin to embody the personality of a character. An actor's job, in the most simple definition, is to bring truth to a lie. And the only way that an actor can acheive that successfully is to use truths from their own life to find the honest and raw moments of truthful emotion within the tale being told. One of my professors has been reminding us continually from day one that the only way to truly succeed in this career is to have complete honesty with yourself. Now, this is much much harder said than done, as our society and it's rules have influenc...