Do what you love, love what you do.

In my opinion, there's almost nothing better than the feeling of doing something you love, whether that thing be a sport, some form of art, a random hobby, or pretty much anything else. There are a few sports that I absolutely adore, and for the past year I haven't done much of any of them. This, dear friends, is truly a travesty. I've picked up snowboarding again, and the difference it makes in my whole life is amazing! Once again it occupies my thoughts constantly, and every day that I don't head up the mountain, I wish with a passion that I was and almost literally can't wait until I do.

"The adrenaline rush. It's what I live for. There's nothing like it." If you've ever experienced the rush you get when you're "in the zone", then you know that it's pretty much like a drug. Hitting the sweet spot on your blade as the centrifugal force carries you around and around, getting the perfect hit just before taking the ball beyond reach for the try, or hitting an edge perfectly for the carve. Those are just bits and pieces of what makes the things I love a beautiful experience.

Once you find something to enjoy that much, nothing else matters and it seems impossible to be concerned about that. It's the only thing you can think about, and you spend all of your extra time thinking of any sick new tricks you can try and what you have to do to become the best out there. You constantly tell everyone that they haven't really lived until they try it, and you'll bring it up randomly in conversations just to talk about it. You can even be injured, but that's okay. It actually makes you feel way more hard core because you can brag about how you got hurt, later showing off the scars for awe-struck peers.

I think everyone should find something incredible. Find something to love, and spare nothing to experience it every chance you get. Maybe it's just a part of human nature to need a passion like that, and once you find it that thing becomes some sort of transcendence into a state of more meaning than can be found otherwise. Maybe that's how we connect just a little more with our spirits. With our souls. Whatever the true reason, find something you feel passionate about, that will drive you through life. If nothing else, it will be an excellent way to escape from the ever-enclosing walls of school and work.