Step Forward

I recently found a post on Facebook titled "23 Songs Every Former Emo Kid Will Never Forget" followed by a picture of Avril Lavigne, back in the old days when she was still a Sk8er Girl. I, like many other kids at the time, was absolutely mad about Avril Lavigne and thought that her super cool music videos which included skating, breaking stuff and lots of eye-liner was definitely the way forward. So just for some fun, I decided to read the post.

What I found completely shocked me. Every single song on that post was either a favourite or close runner up at some point in my life and I definitely still knew all the lyrics! 

Was I an emo kid? 

I certainly didn't think so at the time and I didn't at any point dye my hair blue, get a whole bunch of regrettable tattoos and piercings and hate my parents out of principle. In fact, I even went lightly on the eye liner which is a big deal for my generation!

So... not an emo kid then? 

And that should have been the end of the thought process. Usually I would have gone on to think about far more important things, like food for example. But something had triggered in my mind and slowly I was starting to see more and more emo-isms appearing. Things that I had never noticed. 

So I decided to Google "Emo Kid". There are various definitions all ranging from I-was-definitely-an-emo-kid to Oh-HELL-NO! That said however, there were definitely some points in my mind that stuck out and as I looked over my life I realised that there were certain things that I have definitely out grown. And maybe it is time to move on. 

And that is how we got to this point... I have decided to start a new Blog. This blog will still hold all my opinions, thoughts, dreams and hopes but it is time to leave all the self-pity in the past and move forward into this new and exciting phase of travel, adventure and most importantly, happiness.

It is time to shed off the Sk8er Girl jeans and eye liner and stop judging poor Avril Lavigne for changing her look, because some of her new stuff is actually really fun. It is time to Step Forward.