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Secret to Confronting The Common Fear Among Millions

What in the World Makes You Mad?

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Secret to Confronting The Common Fear Among Millions
Elina Palmroth-Leino

Millions agree the future is terrifying. Figuring out your “path”, your career, your destiny is one of the most intimidating ideas on the planet. Where do you even start? All I know is what I once was told, and I will share this with you. Think about the things in the way the world functions, what about it makes you mad? The answer to that question is your passion. Once you answer this question and know your passion, you are one step closer to deciding which path works best for yourself. My answer to this daunting question is the lack of truly relatable motivation in the world. I value every person's story on this planet. Everyone is their own protagonist. I believe that it is inside these stories that real motivation can be found. These stories are everywhere, but most medias would rather air cat videos or Donald Trump. This is the way the world works, and that makes me mad.

The funny thing is though, I have no idea how to make this happen. I have wanted to be a novelist, a photographer, a journalist, and most recently an announcer on the radio. I have wanted my voice to be the thing people hear on their morning commute. I have wanted to find real stories from real people that are inspirational. Not a story on the next piece of gossip on the internet. I wanted to present the news that will brighten people's days, not darken it. People tell me these stories are not real news. Although I do not agree, even if it were true I do not care. All I have wanted was to change the way people saw the news. People avoid daily broadcasts and news headlines, because what it has to say only worsens their moods, and outlooks. I want to change that, but I have no idea how.

I could tell you in the Fall of 2018 I will be transferring to a four-year university to get my Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, but if you were to ask me my end goal, I would tell you I have no clue. All I know is the answer to the daunting question of what makes me mad.

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