this universe is incredible and i'm just starting to figure out why

I'd like to start out by saying never in my life have I ever had a blog. I've had a tumblr for about 3-4 years I guess but yeah. Nothing like this. So I'm terrified really excited to make an appearance on this wonderful site for the first time. So here goes:

My name is Hailey, to all of those who didn't know who I was. I live pretty much in the middle of nowhere in South Georgia (it's really not important, it's just really tiny), but I attend a not so little university a bit north of my hometown called Georgia Southern University. For the first about 8 months of my first year of the "college experience" I was an undeclared student. Unmarked, and seemingly unimportant in both the university's and the world's eyes. I have a hard time making really big life decisions. It wasn't until this past April I decided to join a few of my friends like my girl Cindy Davis in the Graphic Design program. My entire story of how I chose my school AND my major are both topics for another day, but yes. Officially, I am a graphic design major, theater minor. Credit hours wise I'm about half way through my sophomore year because I'm an overachiever and APs and summer classes, but in actuality... I'm beginning my second year away from home in August. I absolutely love college. It's a wonderful experience where I've learned so much in and out of the classroom. Tales of my adventures will follow soon.

Being deeply interested in a plethora of subjects all over the spectrum comes with the territory of being indecisive and just having a thirst for knowledge. AN EXTREME THIRST. Among my many interests, subjects that come to the forefront of my mind are things like: art, self-expression, music, happiness, philosophy, psychology, religion, health and wellness, design of every kind, writing, inspiration, food, etc.

(Admittedly, I am almost stealing Cindy's format of her first post because I don't want to be all over the place. Cindy has a quality blog.) An important part of who I am is my religion. I was born into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or for those of you unfamiliar with that name, the Mormon religion. I love everything about my church and am still learning things about it to this day. A big purpose for me writing this blog is to give inspired writing to all of those who would like to read it and absolutely YES religion will be among them. If anybody has any questions or comments they want to give to me, they are welcome to ask. I'm not shy whatsoever. I love my religion. It's not a persona you put on just on Sunday. It is in everything you do. It is how you treat others and treat yourself. The Gospel (religion is a way of life that brings absolute joy to a person's life, and I've seen that joy in others and in my own life. I know this.

Since I've been away from home, away from my roots, I've gotten to meet new people, do new things, make new choices and be exposed to things I never imagined existed or would make an appearance in my life. Perhaps more than ever, I am at a loss of words for the number of thoughts I have bouncing around in my head about my adventures and the lessons learned from them. And even the thoughts I have just pondering in my brain sometimes. (You'll find that around 80% of the problems I rant about are either internal or self-inflicted. Oh well.) So this blog is to channel what words I can muster and present them as food for thought for all of you! Or to just me. (Maybe I'm all alone out here...hello...?) My goal is to enlighten/inspire/provoke some kind of positive emotion in your incredible lives.

Then there's the title of my blog: this universe is incredible and i'm just starting to figure out why. I mentioned the number of ideas I have on my mind for this blog, and they are all tied to the universe. Our existence. Love. Nature. Space. Time. People. Life. Death. Everything is tied to the universe and its design is absolutely amazing. The complex coils and inter-mechanisms are made of these and more, and this blog is just a way of me putting into mere words how, why, and what makes this universe so vast. so amazing. So incredible. I'm really looking forward to writing on this blog! Take care of yourselves guys!

Go explore something.

Till next time,

Hailey.