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Love Lessons From La La Land

Here's to the ones who fall in love with their dream, and with someone else.

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Love Lessons From La La Land
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I’m sure you’ve already heard of the movie La La Land, as you or one of your friends have seen it more than once at the movies. If you’re like me, you downloaded the soundtrack on Spotify and sing “Another Day Of Sun” while you’re stuck in traffic.

As much as I love the beautiful display of color and the elements of golden-age hollywood musicals (not to mention the Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone duo), this movie provides a good lesson to learn if you are in a relationship, or if you have a dream.

The title is more than just a reference to a nickname for Los Angeles. “La la land” is also a term for that fanciful state of dreamworld that we sometimes go into. When we’re young, this happens a lot.

This is especially true from a love standpoint. When you fall in love with someone, you tend make plans for the future. When you meet someone in college, you both dream of getting your dream jobs in the same place, buy a home and live happily ever after. However, this doesn’t always happen, and La La Land teaches us that our dream comes first.

I, myself, felt truly touched by this. Being in a long-distance relationship, I already know how hard it is to have to live your own life while trying to stay connected to your partner. My boyfriend and I both have dreams of become something great. He wants to be a big-time director, I want to be a journalist. We both know that our careers might take us to the other ends of the earth, but for now we are just helping each other achieve our dreams and supporting one another.

So whether you are in a relationship or not, just know that whether its your best friends, your partner, or a future partner, nothing can stand in the way of achieving your passion, which is the thing you must love the most. All we can do is meet people along the way that will teach us valuable lessons about ourselves and help us get closer to our dreams, just like how Mia and Sebastian helped each other achieve theirs.

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