2016 the Best Year of My Life

On this Thanksgiving evening, amidst all the holiday cheer, I've found myself reflective of this past year. It is hard to believe that 2016 has nearly come to the end. It feels just like yesterday, I was celebrating Christmas with my family. Then before I knew it we were on a plane heading to London. I remember how anxious and excited I was to be able to go. Little did I know then, of how much my study abroad experience would change me. Studying Abroad, made me into a more adventurous and ambitious individual and for that I am forever grateful.

The summer rolled by quickly, and I was excited to return to Curry and be with my best friends again. Move in day came along and I was eager to reunite with my best friends whom I hadn't seen in what felt like forever. Weeks turned into months, and I was having the best time of my life. Who would have thought rooming with your best friends would have been such an amazing experience; from late night movies, to video games, to other crazy extravaganza's, I am truly grateful to have friends like them!

2016, has hands down has been the most memorable and life changing year. I am forever grateful of the people who made this year possible. Here's to 2017, and many more happy years to come!

How Adapatabilty in Travel Can Relate to Crisis PR

Whether you have traveled abroad or within the United States, one aspect that will always be prevalent is how you adapt to an unfamiliar environment. Where ever you go in this world, there will always be different people around you who might not necessarily understand what you are trying to communicate; This might be the result of a language barrier, cultural differences or even words lost in translation. Regardless of this inevitable scenario, how you choose to communicate your messages is vital.

While I was in Florence, Italy, I found myself in a situation in which, I was not able to fully communicate to those around me, due to a language barrier. I became lost, while trying to find my hotel. No one around me spoke any English, so I had to use what limited Italian I had learned ahead of time ,to get where I needed to go. I wanted to panic in this situation for sure, but I knew that I had to keep my composure and use what resources I had with me to get to where I needed to go.

Similarly, to Crisis PR, you are not always going to have all the information about an incident in the present moment. However, you must react promptly to get your organizations message out, before the incident becomes construed by either the media or the public.  

River Veins

I stand idle upon an open road, not a soul around but mine.
I look down upon the open road and study its imperfections.
The cracks in the road remind me of river veins that run like time.
Each river vein held no semblance to one another.
Yet I found myself lost.
I found my eyes scanning the river veins, looking for some meaning to an end.
However, every time I would find a logical end, the river veins would split off to another direction.
I looked further down the road and noticed a patch of road, seemingly unfazed by anything.
It was smooth to the touch, like a freshly painted wall.
I began to wonder, why has this patch of road had stood the test of time?
Was it because the cement was made better? Or was this road was freshly laid?
Yet I came to realize, a couple days later that upon further inspection, that this perfect patch of road wasn't as perfect as I thought it was.
Indeed, it too had river veins running through it, that now little to no sense.

As a nation, we are far from perfect.
We have made our mistakes and tried our best to find semblance.
Yet as of recent events, somehow we have found ourselves searching for a logical end to the river veins that lie in the road ahead.
Mending these river veins will take time, but what we must come to together and find our beginning.
Only then with patience, will we be able to see clearly down the river veins that we once were.