Strengths & weaknesses: I'm in the fast lane...

What drives me?

I ask myself the same question on mornings like this when I'm exhausted from the full time job it is to become a better person. Like, "why didn't I sleep in today?" Or "Cancel that meeting?". Why do I keep volunteering my time and gifts when afterward I feel this drained?

The answer is simple (well somewhat)...

Everytime I see something about myself that I don't like I'm ready to take the steps to grow. Whenever I see something painful about the way that people live it pushes me to be greater. When I reach a day where trying to change the world that I'm apart of becomes overwhelming I just think...

"Like my preacher told me even a 3 legged dog still has three good legs to lose" -The Roots

Thats the most melodramatic way of putting it. Of course I'm human and I definitely wasn't always this self motivating. I was lazy. I was very happy with never trying because I thought it meant never failing. I didn't want to become the people I saw everyday who made nothing of themselves but thats what was slowly happening. What changed was my outlook. I started falling into a bad place emotionally and it was then I realized I controlled how I felt. So I started smiling. I started living the way I envisioned my future.

I try to give as much as I can. I never feel like its enough. What is enough? I just know that I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for certain people in my life and I want to be that person in someone's life. Thats my ultimate goal, to move someone to do something greater. Plant the seed.

"I'm the Tupac Rose I let my petals show" -Nate Marshall

Later guys,
Brittany Patrice

Welcome!

How do you answer the question "who are you?"

I guess I'll attempt...

-21 years young
-Black woman writer
-Spoken word artist
-au natural (haired) beauty
-sarcastic
-avid reader
-laughs way too often and way too loudly
-smiles every day (Life is hard, why not?)
-friendly
-Nike wearing cool kid
-amateur world traveler (trying to get more passport stamps)

Even after all of that I don't feel like you know me. I just gave you a list that you can Google but thats where it starts doesn't it? A simple hello. A smile. A surface conversation.

If those things interest you then you dig deeper, right? Well here's to hoping you dig deeper.

1. Why i chose the BA in American Urban Studies at MCNY?
I started college waaaaay back in 2007. [insert chuckle here]. I was young, not too sure of what i wanted but I knew i loved to learn. I went to CUNY york college for a year decided that i wasn't happy there and took some time off. Taught and performed poetry for a while among other jobs. Then earlier this year it hit me [BAM!] i wanted to pursue Urban Planning, teaching and maybe start my own non-for-profit org.
But where would i get a degree that combined all of my passions? And thats basically how i found MCNY.

2. What are my career/education goals after I recieve my BA? How will this degree help me?
My ultimate goal is to become an English College professor and obtain my P.h.D. After I leave MCNY I am contemplating leaving NYC to go to Graduate School for my MFA. Start working more professionally as a writer as well as a community organizer. Maybe do some fellowships or work abroad.

3. How comfortable am I using the web?
Well...this is my second blog! (if you want to get to know me better feel free to check out my personal blog http://crushedblue.blogspot.com ) I am trying to up my internet repetoire since writing and technology seem to go hand-in-hand. I do tweet (twitter acct), I catch up with old friends/network on facebook, my Myspace is still floating around on the web, I have a youtube channel but I definitely am nowhere near making as big as an impact on the web as i would like.

I'm done.
It was nice to meet you!

-Brittany Patrice