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What do You Want to do with Your Life?  It’s a fair question, albeit one of the more difficult questions one has to answer in their lifetime. Some people are born with the deep-seated feeling that they are going to be a musician, actor, doctor, teacher, etc.. Others are not so lucky. It can take years and multiple failed career attempts to gain insight. In my case, it took four years at college, three ideas for the future, two majors, and one endless existential crisis. Here I am, going into my final semester of college and I have completely changed my major from Early Childhood Education to English, two seemingly different majors. Not exactly. Each one requires an understanding of the human mind to form connections. The big difference being one requires children, yet both can help shape a generation.  Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, J.K. Rowling, Bob Dylan. All styles, genres, and themes varied, no doubt that they inspires those who read them. All it takes

Music Saved My Life

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Music and Me I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrase “music saved my life” before. And I’m sure you’ve thought, ‘what is that even supposed to mean?’ For some, it literally does translate to, if I didn’t have this music I would have no reason to live. Most artists respond to this statement by saying “the music didn’t save your life, you did. It just gave you the strength to do so.” That’s what music does for me. It gives me the strength to make it through situations I can’t make it through on my own. It’s everything I’m feeling finally being said out loud. Finally, finally someone is acknowledging my problems. Music never fails you. It’s always there when you need it and those lyrics you memorized always provide the same comfort. If you’re like me you probably want some of those lyrics tattooed somewhere on you so you don’t have to actually listen to the song to make it through. If you’re even more like me you’re afraid to do so because your parents despise tattoos. If I