Describe your perfect day.
My perfect day. That’s a good question. My perfect day would definitely start out with the beach. Waking up somewhere where the sun’s shining and the water’s crashing against the shore. Nothing but the sounds of the waves and birds chirping. I get up and there’s a nice cup of tea set up for me. There’s jazz playing in the background. I’d do some yoga. Something to get the body started and the mind right. A little meditation to set intentions for my day. The rest of the day would be me focusing on who I am and making the best of it whether it be going out with friends or spending the day at the beach by myself with a good book. I don’t know. I feel like the perfect day would be any day where I’m at peace with myself.
What food best describes you?
Could it be like a category of food? I’m thinking fruits. But if I had to pick a fruit, I think that I would be a mango. Because mangoes are sweet and I’m a sweet person. They have that rough exterior, but it’s all beneficial. Either way, its good for you and I feel like that’s the type of person I am. I try to bring the good out of people and be good for people. So, a mango. Everybody likes mangoes.
If you could only eat one food for rest of your life, what would it be?
I think if I could only eat one dish for the rest of my life it would be baked ziti. I just fucking love baked ziti. I don’t think you could ever go wrong with baked ziti. It’s just the fucking perfect mixture of pasta, cheese, and sauce. Its basically like pizza as pasta and I love pizza. Its just elegant, and I would feel elegant eating that shit every day.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Alright so this is gonna be a corny answer but when I was little, I wanted to be a princess. I grew up watching the Disney princesses. It was just something about wearing big dresses and being raised around riches that I wanted to have. But you don’t realize as a little kid that you could actually be a princess until you grow up and realize that there are still kings and queens in the world and if you marry into the family, it’s possible. So yea, that’s what I wanted to be when I was a little girl.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you use it for?
I don’t know. That’s a hard one. If I woke up one day and could do anything, what would I want to be able to do? I feel like if I had a superpower, it would be to manipulate cells. Like any cells, whether it’s the particles in the air or the blood in your body. I would want to be able to manipulate that and use it for the purpose of influencing good. I feel like when you can manipulate particles you can basically do anything. You can manipulate how a person moves or even operates. You could stop them in their tracks. That’s real power and I would use that to make sure that people help each other. Not for evil or anything like that, but just to influence goodness and light in the world. If there’s any place lacking light, give them light. If you need water, here’s water. If you need to be healed, I got you. I can manipulate your cells. I would be a healer in a sense.
What is something you wished you learned sooner?
Something I wish I learned sooner was the importance of self-love. I think that growing up in a dysfunctional kind of broken family, I was always looking for love outside of myself. It wasn’t until my early 20s that I realized you’re not going to get love from anywhere else but within. I wish that that was something I learned a little bit sooner.
What’s your favorite hobby?
I feel like I’m still finding myself, so its hard to answer that question. I’m still figuring out different hobbies. But, at this point in my life I’d say that my favorite hobby is writing. There’s just something about getting your thoughts down. Whether it’s on paper or in the notes on your phone. When you read it back you just realize “Damn, I’m a dope ass individual.” You get to see yourself through your own lens. I think that that’s awesome. Being able to reflect and look back at who you are through the words.
If there was one thing you’d want people to know about you, what would it be?
I’m here and I care. Like you said, expressions is all about a first impression. My first impression is chronic bitch face. You’re gonna see me and kind of get scared or even a little intimidated. I kind of give off a strong aura and presence naturally. Some people might think that means I’m mean, closed off, or aggressive. But I care a lot. That’s something about me that all of my friends know. I wear my heart on my sleeve and whether I know you or not, I will go out of my way to make sure that you’re good.
What’s the hardest part of what you do?
Well, it depends because I have a couple of different roles and a couple of different jobs. So, I’ll go with my counselling job. I think that the hardest part is not taking that baggage home with me. I used to be a substance abuse counselor working with people battling mental illness, homelessness, drug use, and pretty much everything under the sun. I think that the hardest part was coming home and not letting any of that affect me and reflect on how I thought as a person.
If you could travel anywhere in the world for twenty-four hours, where would you go?
I would definitely go with Bali. I would want to spend twenty-four hours in Bali because I know that it’s a place filled with spirituality, peace, and calmness. There no materialism in Bali, and I feel like that’s somewhere I’d be happy for twenty-four hours.
If you could give a title to this chapter of your life, what would it be?
I don’t even know. For this chapter of my life? I would call it “The Struggle.” Because, it’s a struggle right now. I’m still finding myself. I’m twenty-four years old still living with my parents. I still have a long way to go before I’m where I want to be and all of that put together (with the speed at which social media and technology is expanding everything) I feel like it’s a struggle to catch up to everything and be who I want to be at this point in my life. So, that would definitely be my title.
You’re designing you’re dream playground for adults. What’s one thing that has to be in it?
What would I want people to have to enjoy? Honestly, one thing that it has to have is a room full of trampolines. Let me be free. Let me defy gravity. I think that there’s nothing more vulnerable than when you’re jumping. You can’t look sexy jumping. You just do it. So, I think that would be a must for me. Having that space where we can all come together and just jump.
If you could go back in time and tell your younger self on thing, what would it be?
You’re normal. Everything that you’re going through is normal and its not going to be easy going forward. I think that I would tell myself these things because I’m still having a hard time accepting that. Where I come from (the people I was raised by), we come from struggle and it wasn’t going to become any less of a struggle because I’m the first person who was aware of it. So, I would want my younger self to know that you’re ok and there’s nothing wrong with you.
If animals could talk, which would be the most disrespectful?
Honestly, cats. I swear to God, I think cats would be the most disrespectful animal. You can see it already in their face when they can’t talk. I feel like a cat would have no chill button, they would say whatever comes to their mind, and they would straight up just disrespect you on a different level.
What emotion do you experience the most?
Unfortunately, I think that anxiety is the emotion I experience the most. I just constantly worry I’m overthinking. I literally wake up and it’s like there’s this TV on in my head playing different thoughts, things I should be worried about, and things I should be doing. Its an emotion that can be overwhelming, and it takes over a big part of my life unfortunately.