The Life of A Nobody. We’re all nobodies, aren’t we? We’re born and don’t really truly become a somebody until we make a name for ourselves. I mean, I’m a 14 year old girl living in the United States who might be seen as a somebody to her parents, her readers, and her friends, but the list ends there. I may think the world about myself but I’m never really somebody until I shape my future. Until I do something with my life. Until I truly embody the definition of my full name.
You’re probably wondering where in the world this came from. Why, out of the blue, I would decide to write a post like this. Well, the truth is, I don’t know. I’ve struggled in my life, just like everyone else. But I don’t want my struggles to define me, I want to shape my future into what I truly want. So, I figured I’d bring you along for the journey 🙂 ! Plus, you can thank my 9th grade marine science teacher for the title. One day in class he made a comment about one day, we’ll all hopefully become somebody important and write an autobiography.
I go through phases in life. I want to do one thing and then another and then another. It’s like a rotating carousel of the various jobs and activities I want to do. Second grade was martial arts, third grade was girl scouts, fourth grade was becoming a famous YouTuber, fifth grade was becoming a neurosurgeon, sixth grade was becoming an Instagram influencer, seventh grade was becoming a professional tennis player, eighth grade was a mix of all of the above, and ninth grade was this blog. The current phase is writing this blog, Travel In Color, and traveling the world. I can’t really decide what I want to do in life because my mind flips every other day. I even doubted that I would continue writing Isabel In Color because of how many times I quit. I put 110% of my effort into something in the beginning, and once I get bored, I no longer do it. My mom is the only reason I’m still doing some activities. She forces me to continue my violin lessons, learn Hindi, and play tennis. To be honest, the only reason I haven’t quit trying in school is because I need to get a scholarship to go to college. I often wonder if I’m just going to rotate around everything for the rest of my life, never finding something that I’m passionate about forever. Everyone around me has found something they could do for the rest of their lives, except me. Even in school, all of my friends have some idea of what degree they want to pursue. We use this platform, Xello, to discuss careers and find things that interest us. Well, even after all of the personality and job tests I’ve taken on this platform, none of the careers interest me. The current plan is to become a doctor, even though I don’t want to do that for a job. I want to get a career so I have something to fall back on if life doesn’t go to plan. Yes, I’m realizing that this whole blurb probably made no sense. But all of it makes me feel like I have no purpose in life. Like, I don’t have anything that will make me stand out. When we hear Serena Williams, we think tennis. When we hear Joan of Arc, we think amazing female soldier. When you hear my name, your first thought is probably who is that. And the second is most likely, that is the most generic name I have ever heard.
If you asked me to describe myself, I’d give you my name. I might be a nobody at this moment, but I’m still Isabel, and nothing will ever take that away. I might also not know what I want to do in life, but I know I want to be remembered. And for that reason, we should describe ourselves as our names. Our names match us, they are the basis of us. Our name is how we’re known. I could list adjectives of people who changed the world, but you’d never guess which person I was talking about. Through their name, is how we remember them.
And that is how I wish to be remembered. I want to be remembered by my name and my accomplishments. My life goal is to one day become a somebody.
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