Hello everyone, I just wanted to make a post about a book that has captured my attention like no other. Youtube sensation, Connor Franta, released a auto-biography called “A Work in Progress” earlier this year. I bought my copy before the summer and found myself not that interested in opening it just yet. I had just finished my second year of college, about to start my first full time internship, and just did not want to read or do anything that remined me of being in class. So, I put it away.
Three weeks ago I started my third year of college and thought “what can I do to release stress?”. My answer was.. “I will read”. Growing up I used to read all the time. Other than music, reading is something that takes my mind to another dimsension. It’s freaking incredible that something can take you away from reality for a moment. It’s even more incredible that people all over the world will preseive it a different way and feel different emotions toward it.
I am really enjoying this book. Connor speaks from personal experiece. He is sincere and delivers the lessons of life ever so tastefully that it actually makes you think critically and want to apply his wise words to the rest of your life. I never knew much about Mr. Franta other than what he shared on youtube, which is a lot, but this book gives you a sense of closeness. Like you’re right there in his mind as his brain types away at forming the text.
September is friendship month, and I thought it would be appropriate to make my ramble more relevent by sharing some quotations from his chapter called “Levels of Friendship”
- “Friendship. Now there’s an interesting topic. I’ve always appeared to have a lot of friends, but appearances can be decieving. Sure, I know a lot of people and am comfortable with saying “hi” to them in the street, shooting them a text saying we should grab a coffee, or going on Facebook to wish them a happy birthday, but there does that rank them in terms of friendship?”
I don’t know Connor, good question. You got me thinking about all the people I have encuntered in my life. All the people I see everyday and don’t even know.
- “Recently and more than ever before, I realized that I have three best friends, a dozen good friends, a whole bunch of friends, an even bigger bunch of acquaintances, and billions of strangers in my own life.”
Yup, me too Con.
- “As you get older, sometimes your goals will take you away from your closest friends.”
This one hit me hard in the feels. One thing I have realized since starting college is that I have nots spent as much time as I should be with the people I love and call my friends. Is it really worth it to make time with your loved ones around the professors syllabus?
- “Whether it’s the friends who have walked with you or the friends who await you in the future, the value of true friendship is golden. Know this too: Some people won’t like you, and you won’t like everyone. That’s okay.”
Thank you for telling me it’s okay.