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ed in till the day she died. I could only hope to be half as active as she was and contribute to something the was as inspiring to the world as her works still are. But hoping for something so far if in the future was not how she did things. Why focus so heavily on something you can’t see, when you can act now on what you can?This is something I struggle with, thinking too far ahead. I chase dreams of the future, but I forget to actually act on them.I started grad school this last fall, and I didn’t realize how quickly I have to decide what I want to do next. It’s hard to focus on what to do in the moment when you don’t know what you want to do in the future. For me, this meant thinking about what I love about what I’m currently learning. What drove me to choose the direction I’ve gone?I love trends.Watching them, studying them, obsessing over them. They fascinate me. It started with books and art. I’ve been a Harry Potter fanatic practically since birth, just as long as I’ve had my love for artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Georgia O’Keeffe. I can remember the exact moments all three came into my life. That should count for something, right? These moments defined my interests.When I started really delving into what would become my bachelors in art history, I always found myself drawn to movements. Pop art, Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, all the -isms. My work during that time revolved greatly on these modern art movements, but not so much on the artists and art within them. I was more interested in the history of them. How they started, how they grew to what they became, why we still talk about them to

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day. I looked at these movements as trends, not as art.What does this all mean for me?All I know is that whatever I end up doing will undoubtedly revolve around trends. My recent dream is to do something in publishing. Become a literary agent. Be the person who catches the next big thing. To do that, I need to start sharing my thoughts. I need to have a place where I can record how great I thought that book, movie, song, artist, play, tv show, etc. was.I bought a domain a few months back: <a href="https://adriennegrimes.com/">https://adriennegrimes.com/</a>.I’ve had lots of ideas of what I want to do with it, but in short it’ll be a place for me to start creating an online presence for myself that hopefully will help me to show my interests for future opportunities.Sounds great, right? I thought so, too. Getting it started hasn’t been so easy though. I’m a chronic procrastinator. I have a list of possible projects I could be working on, but the act of actually sitting down to do it is daunting. I never know where to begin.I chose this quote today as sort of an introductory to what I’ve been working on since the start of the new year.Part of why I have such a long list of projects I’d like to work on but haven’t yet is because the act of sharing these projects scares me. I get really excited about this new idea, but then I worry about how I’ll look when I share it with people I know. I worry too much about the things I can’t see. Writing and sharing these daily quotes and mini reviews should help me to overcome that fear and be more active about using my voice.</article></body>

Act now, without delay.

January 9, 2019

“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”

— Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer and existentialist philosopher who inspired second wave feminism with her book The Second Sex, written in 1949.

Simone is the perfect example of someone who did not wait for the right moment to come along to use her voice.

If she had not acted right away, if she had not written down her thoughts when she had them, who knows if her theories on women’s oppression would have reached the right ears and been as impactful as it was on the world. Who knows what would’ve become of the growing list of women who would go on to inspire modern feminism like Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and many many more.

Here’s an interesting article on women in the last decade who have shaped feminism.

Today would’ve been Simone’s 111th birthday.

She lived to be 78, and was an activist for everything she believed in till the day she died. I could only hope to be half as active as she was and contribute to something the was as inspiring to the world as her works still are. But hoping for something so far if in the future was not how she did things. Why focus so heavily on something you can’t see, when you can act now on what you can?

This is something I struggle with, thinking too far ahead. I chase dreams of the future, but I forget to actually act on them.

I started grad school this last fall, and I didn’t realize how quickly I have to decide what I want to do next. It’s hard to focus on what to do in the moment when you don’t know what you want to do in the future. For me, this meant thinking about what I love about what I’m currently learning. What drove me to choose the direction I’ve gone?

I love trends.

Watching them, studying them, obsessing over them. They fascinate me. It started with books and art. I’ve been a Harry Potter fanatic practically since birth, just as long as I’ve had my love for artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Georgia O’Keeffe. I can remember the exact moments all three came into my life. That should count for something, right? These moments defined my interests.

When I started really delving into what would become my bachelors in art history, I always found myself drawn to movements. Pop art, Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, all the -isms. My work during that time revolved greatly on these modern art movements, but not so much on the artists and art within them. I was more interested in the history of them. How they started, how they grew to what they became, why we still talk about them today. I looked at these movements as trends, not as art.

What does this all mean for me?

All I know is that whatever I end up doing will undoubtedly revolve around trends. My recent dream is to do something in publishing. Become a literary agent. Be the person who catches the next big thing. To do that, I need to start sharing my thoughts. I need to have a place where I can record how great I thought that book, movie, song, artist, play, tv show, etc. was.

I bought a domain a few months back: https://adriennegrimes.com/.

I’ve had lots of ideas of what I want to do with it, but in short it’ll be a place for me to start creating an online presence for myself that hopefully will help me to show my interests for future opportunities.

Sounds great, right? I thought so, too. Getting it started hasn’t been so easy though. I’m a chronic procrastinator. I have a list of possible projects I could be working on, but the act of actually sitting down to do it is daunting. I never know where to begin.

I chose this quote today as sort of an introductory to what I’ve been working on since the start of the new year.

Part of why I have such a long list of projects I’d like to work on but haven’t yet is because the act of sharing these projects scares me. I get really excited about this new idea, but then I worry about how I’ll look when I share it with people I know. I worry too much about the things I can’t see. Writing and sharing these daily quotes and mini reviews should help me to overcome that fear and be more active about using my voice.