Ian's Blog of Doom

I can’t wait for things. I hate waiting in general, especially if I know what I’m waiting on. Why wait for something when I can get it now? At the end of the day, our time here is limited, so we should make the best of our time, right? Do it now so you can enjoy the time you would’ve spent worrying about it on something else. Get it now so you can enjoy the most time with it. That was my ideology, my motto. Of course this really only applies to the things I can control, but It’s worked for me so far. Ever since I gained consciousness and could finally retain memories (at the start of elementary school?), my family has named me the doer of the house. If I wanted something, I would get it. If I wanted something done, I would get it done. As simple as that. Wait for my lazy sister to finally get up from her bed to clean the dishes, which would take a couple hours and result in our parents getting mad at both of us, or do it myself now? Free 10 day shipping or spend a dollar more to get th...

To say the least, I have collected a lot of awards over the years. In my room there lives a shelf of boxes, filled with medals and awards from all sorts of activities I have been a part of. Well, at least most of them are medals and awards. Thrown in there are also some random fun objects or gadgets that I was able to get my hands on. But what makes my collection of stuff so interesting is the different parts of my life that you can see from it. Probably the most important was my gymnastics experience. It all started with my career in gymnastics, which was the source of most of my collection. I was just a young little kid interested in a new thing every day, and when I always asked for advice from my parents. I was pretty stupid. However, physical sports seemed like an actual skill of mine, and my parents saw gymnastics as the perfect sport to get me into. When I eventually became a decent gymnast and obtained my first medals, I remember asking my father what to do with them on the way...