Introducing myself and my journal: Stories from a Queer Caffeine-Addict

About Me:
To be completely honest, I don't know what I'm expecting from this experience beyond the chance to expand my worldview a bit more. I want to learn from and connect with my fellow women in whatever capacity I can. The society I grew up in pits us against each other, competitively. We're discouraged from admiring and respecting each other, from empowering each other, from coalescing into a positive and powerful force. That needs to change. I'm under no illusion that I can \"fix\" the world, but I do strongly believe in small efforts. This is my small effort to stray a little further from my comfort zone and jump into a new environment with no plan and no goal beyond potential.

I'm at the age where I'm coming into myself in so many ways. I discover new things about me everyday, and I'm constantly humbled when it comes to my perspectives about the world. I chose a financially stable path to walk down which does not coincide with the subjects I studied and issues I passionately followed in school. It's arguably harder, now, to stay connected to those visions when it is so easy to fall into the routine of work-home-sleep-work. But I want to try. I want to share my limited experience as a queer technically-Hispanic girl who is easily stuck in what's \"safe\", and I want to explore the experiences of the many women I am now connected to. I've always felt that I best communicate through writing, and I now plan to use that to my advantage.

Here's the crux: I know, in the general sense, where I want to be. I want to be involved in the fight for social justice. I want to be in a place where I can reasonably say \"Yes. I do have the right, responsibility and the ability to mitigate this conflict, to resolve these human rights violations, to push for accountability and truth in our media, to lay the groundwork for a future that is safe for our children.\" But what approach to take? I've mulled over the various avenues available to me, and I've yet to come to conclusion as to where I would be best placed. That will be part of my education as well.

On a less serious note, I genuinely love the smell and taste of good coffee. I read, I write, I sing when I'm alone. There is much more to say, as always, but that will come. For now: hello. It's nice to meet you. I look forward to interacting with you soon.