April 21, 2018
Let me tell you something that you have avoided for so long... but now it has shown up at your door, and you finally have to talk to it. Something, that you buried so deep within you, that know you don't know how to react to it.... So what could this grand and scary thing be?
Childhood.
I'm not a very smart or educated person when it comes to understanding the mind of a child. But, from the many talks that I have had with teachers and educators, and also just from personal experience, I wanted to share what I think about this grand world that children live in. I personally am a '03 kid. Yah I know I'm not supposed to talk about my age, but oh well. Personally, I feel I had a good childhood. I moved from Poland to the United States. Started to integrate into the culture, and grew up in a much more Americanized culture. And now, that I have been slowly approaching those years where I have to make my own decisions and step into my own life, I look back on those days in my childhood, and think, "What did I do? Who did I love? What did I learn? What did I think". And you know, I can't answer those questions. I don't know why, but I guess it's because of the fact that I have always buried my childhood with-in me because I always wanted to be viewed as an adult. But let me tell you something, being an adult is one of the dumbest things that a kid could wish for. I have always been so practical with my choices, my actions, and my future. I never had a chance to dream. I always jumped into such strong and really controversial topics, at an age where I should have been exploring the world around me. And I guess that simply has to do with the fact that I am the youngest in my family, but oh well.
Now, reflecting back, I realize that all I have done in my life is created a person for the future. A person that looks at the practicality of life, and not it's creativity. And as I stand in that future; in those moments where I have to deal with adult things, like taxes, emails, work calls, and an overwhelming amount of things to do, I simply say that I am proud of who I have become. Not because of what I have done, but because of what I have been able to learn along the way. Yah, maybe I never had those dirty fingernails or those muddy boots, but I still feel that in some way, that has motivated me to create CreatorCo. So that everyone can get those childhood moments, but at the same time have an area where they can get that adult thing down as well.
- Karol Para
