Blog #4

When writing the snapshots of my life, I sat down and processed what moments came to me first, as these were the moments that were most influential to me. As hundreds of memories came to my mind, I was soon tasked with the responsibility of putting these memories into certain categories: fear, sadness, happiness, anxiety. That’s how I would choose which went in and which didn’t make the cut. Snapshots of one’s life should be those that you can look back on vividly and know immediately that those are what built you as a person today. My snapshots, whether good or bad, have taught me lessons that no book or movie or person could even attempt to teach me, as experience is the most priceless thing us humans have. There are some significant memories in my snapshot paper, some I would say “rank” in my “top 10” of most important. But because I took the route of classifying the snapshots and then entering them into my paper, some are left out that certainly could have been written. Maybe a snapshot that caused me happiness is out but one that caused me sorrow or grief is in; not because I value sadness more than happiness, but because the lesson learned from that event had more of an impact on me. No one’s perfect, so no one can expect a paper full of “snapshots” to be happy or positive, because that’s not how life works, and maybe that’s good for us. People are resistant to admit it, but when bad things come and hurt us, it sucks; but when bad things come and teach us a lesson that allows us to succeed, then they become truly important snapshots.