Mountains of Inspiration

Hello. I have successfully gone without pinterest, facebook, twitter, and instagram for ONE AND A HALF DAYS Y'ALL HOLLA.

But anyways. Enough of that not-much-of-a-success. I want to talk about inspiration.  

in·spi·ra·tion

noun

1. 1.

   the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

"The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative." I like that a lot, and I like inspiration a lot. 

Inspiration to me, is what fuels my life. I am a very idealistic person, therefore inspiration is something that is a large part of my life and in fact keeps me going and motivates me, it is my fuel. 

When I'm down, or low on fuel you could say, I go get me some inspiration! Allow me to share with you some of the places I get inspiration: 

Cyberspace - 

Nothing better than the vast cyberspace to pick up some inspiration! However, I find that sometimes using this can hold me back from life or become addicting and I don't like that. Anyways, here are some of my favorite spots on the inter-webs to get inspiration.

• ZenHabits - This really cool site run but an even cooler guy named Leo Babauta. He writes the most beautiful and inspiration things and it's just the best. 
• Live Unbound Blog - You might have heard me talk about We Live Unbound because it's freaking awesome. Their blog is such a great place to pick up some quick motivational inspiration! 
• Vimeo - Vimeo is an awesome place where you can watch beautiful films. I like to watch adventure films or time lapse films of nature and it really makes my heart soar. 
• Pinterest - Yeah I said it. Design is my passion and pinterest is a place I often turn to for inspiration. However, I am currently avoiding pinterest because I feel like it is holding back my creative juices because there is so much to see and I forget to just be myself. Unimportant tad bit of information. 
• TED - Obviously. If you have some time to spare, definitely watch some TED talks because nothing else gives inspiration quite like this. 
• Maptia - Last but DEFINITELY not least. This is probably my favorite out of all, and if you haven't heard of it, I'm sorry, now you have, you're welcome. I love this because they have the most beautiful words that really make my heart soar and give me a thirst for adventures and the inspiration levels are so high it's crazy. 

Mother Nature - Another amazing place to get inspiration, probably my favorite, and probably the best one out there. It's so beneficial in so many ways. Take a walk, or a hike, or go on an adventure. I always get so much inspiration from nature because you can truly disconnect from the world and reconnect to what's important. Also just looking at nature is wonderful. You can check out my Flickr if you want. :) 

Reading - Reading is such a way to get inspiration, all you have to do is pick up a good book and dive in. 

Art - I definitely find inspiration in art, and luckily there is art and beauty all around us if you just look for it. 

Now you have some new places to get inspiration, where do YOU get your inspiration? Comment! It always makes me happy ;)

With that aside, everyone has to have an output for their inspiration! A reason they thirst for inspiration in the first place. 

Like I said before, my inspiration fuels my life. So I output my inspiration into my art, journalism/writing, and hard work towards progress, and it feels great. :) 

So yeah that was non-nonsensical but ya know, whatever. I can definitely say that inspiration is the core of my life. It's also important that I make sure that my inspiration can flow freely, without being restricted by other things, thus the media fast. ;)

Remember that you are infinite and I love you, bai! :) 

Hope is Never Lost

Sometimes I get caught up in all the negativity of the world and feel as if I am slowly sinking in quicksand. It hurts, and it makes me sad and I tend to get really upset at the world. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HOW THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO BE YOU FEEL.

But then I see something beautiful, or someone is really spectacular, or life just reminds me that it's good and I am reminded that hope is never lost.

HOPE IS NEVER LOST GUYS AND THAT'S COMFORTING. REALLY COMFORTING.

And I just wanted to say that.

Because sometimes it feels like you are all alone in a crowd of creatures just like yourself, or that you are drowning under all the burdens you have been given but KEEP YOUR HEAD UP BECAUSE BABY THERE IS HOPE.

Just have faith and I promise you the best will come. :)

Does Media Shape Your Life? Or Nah?

In the generation we live in today, it often seems like media shapes our lives, and I don't like that.

What is media, you are probably not wondering. It is a vile retched trap, that can also be wondrous if used right. (Example: Wesleigh uses it wrong. The LDS church uses it right.) There are many types or media-in my opinion- print media (newspaper, magazines), broadcasting media (tv, news, radio and we'll just throw movies in there too), and internet (facebook, blogs, twitter, all social media)! Yay no. 

Let's be completely honest here shall we. I Wesleigh, am addicted to media. WHO it thinks I must be, WHAT so-in-so is doing, that blog, Twitter, Facebook, so-in-so's diet plan, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Netflix, Tv, Movies....let's stop there.

Shameful right? I HATE that I am addicted to it. Although it is completely within my power to break that addiction, and I intend to do so. I hate that I listen to the voice of the world. I hate how artificial everything is. I hate the cruel judgment weighing on me and everyone. I hate that news casters feel like sharing a majority of negative things, rather than good. I hate how the world has strayed so far from religious values. 

All in all, I really just hate how it shapes my life and others. 

The majority of self-esteem issues come from artificial images and ideas sent from the media, and not to mention eating disorders. A large part of depression is media driven. Excessive time spent on some types of media can actually shorten and put your life at risk. Children these days act so different than they should, the media blurs our minds, creating artificial and fake lives. I could go on and on, but I won't because that would take ages and I do not have ages to waste here, and sadly I've already wasted enough. 

BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO GET THIS OUT OKAY. 

Obviously the effects of media are large and vast in the world today. Their effects are felt by everyone in same way or another. Whether you feel affected by it or not, I promise you that you are. 

Let me share a story with you, of myself. Yay no. I, Wesleigh, feel as if my current circumstances have been shaped by the media. Allow me to shed some light on the subject:

Lately it has really come to my attention that nearly ALL my problems in life, or artificial problems if you will, have been shaped by the media. Self-esteem issues: I give you artificial images, unattainable standards set by society, judging myself based on others, although I am different in every way and can never be like them, feeling bad about my GOOD LIFE because you don't generally see peoples struggles on social media and it can seem like their lives are perfect, etc. Anger towards the world, because it is a sad broken place: Constant talk of the worlds struggles literally EVERYWHERE, I get that it's important let's just not dwell on that okay; people straying from Gods word and hurting, please come back, it's better here, and so much more. and I could go on and on (clearly I have a lot to say you feel). 

Is this making any sense at all? Probably not. 

The truth is, I am Wesleigh, and I cannot be anyone else, but myself, so why not love myself and reach my fullest potential. 

The truth is, hope is never ever lost. The world has so much good in it, I KNOW THAT, but I let the media shield my eyes. 

The truth is, the media is not a bad thing at all, no. It can be used for so much good, and it is a wonderful creation. 

Let's just use it wisely, and be aware of the dangers of media, please. 

You are worth so much more than you may feel, you are worth so much more than the media can make you feel. I promise you that you have great potential, we all do, REACH FOR THE STARS AND BEYOND MY FRIEND. Accept yourself for your flaws, mistakes you have made, everything. 

Have compassion on yourself, and treat yourself just as you would treat anyone else (which should be with love and kindness). If you wouldn't call someone else fat, don't call yourself fat, if you wouldn't call someone else ugly, don't call yourself ugly, if you wouldn't call someone else a failure, don't call yourself a failure. Love your neighbor as you would love yourself. :) 

( so there are bleed marks in this from the other side of the page, so what) 

I have decided to ditch most media for the rest of the summer (with exceptions such as this). It is really just not getting me where I want to go, in fact it is holding me back. I don't like that. I going OUT TO LIVE. And I might biff it, so what, fail forward, am I right? 

If you want to join me, please do. :) Feel free to use my picture if you want which you probably don't want to. Together we can leave our fingerprint in the universe, like stars in the night sky. Live elevated. Live free. Be alive. :)