Hello Bloggers! Welcome to the first blog back, now as some of you may know this past weekend the long-awaited 2024 Academy Award Oscar nominations were announced. Among the numerous amounts of categories listed is “Best Original Song”, nominated under that category is Billie Eilish’s new top hit song from the summer 2023 Barbie movie entitled “What Was I Made for?” The title being a universal question that many people ask at least once in their life….. “what was I made for?” Finding one’s identity can often be very hard, especially in a society where there tends to be a clear black-and-white and a very small gray area in between. People find themselves essentially lost in this big world and question everything they may seem to think they already know. In Billie Eilish’s song, the lyrics take the listener through a journey inside Billie Eilish’s head as she expresses her feelings of when she asks herself the question of “What was I made for?” and allows all those who listen to think to themselves “I feel that way too.” In this day of age of clear black and white people also tend to have trouble finding words to express how they feel or expressing themselves to others in general and this song opened up doors for many men and women to feel that it is okay to feel a little lost in this life and that does not mean you feel this way alone or that you will not find what is meant for you. The only issue with this question is people are often trying to find one definitive answer when in reality the answer is simply “everything and now.” Everyone is made to do so much in this world and they just have to find the one spark in their life that separates them from the rest. This spark truly could be anything; maybe you are an amazing dancer, a beautiful writer, a talented singer, or a star athlete, or maybe you can draw and paint for hours on end to create something extraordinary … these are all things you are made for. Outside of talents and sports maybe when people think about what in life they are made for they resort to a family person, someone with a stable job, or maybe someone with neither but they are happy and all of that is okay. There is no correct or wrong way to live life there is only now and what you make of it. We all know that life is a scary and daunting thing at times but we will miss all the beautiful things sent our way if we only choose to keep searching for more. Life is meant to be lived in the present and when asked “What was I made for?” the answer should be everything and now. So, live life the way it is meant to be lived and do not worry about the past or future or you will sure enough miss the present.